Author's Note: I wanted to re-write this chapter because I hated the outcome of the other and wanted to make it "better." I altered the plot a bit, removed the lyrics and made it third person.

Constructive criticism, please because I failed just as much in this one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara or any of its characters. I also do not own What Are You Waiting For by Miranda Cosgrove.

What Are You Waiting For

There they stood. Two people who, if you asked them when they first met, insisted they hated each other and swore that they – well, at least one of them – were never going to be friends, let alone fall in love with each other.

For reasons untold, fate had a way of breaking through that so-called unbreakable thread and arranging the two bitter rivals to become friends.

Though, it wasn't easy. The two went through the various obstacles and predicaments life threw at them, but they managed to make it through and realize their true feelings for the other.

But just as things were going to be perfect, fate throws in an unexpected surprise for them, to test their relationship. Will things work out?

It will with one phrase: what are you waiting for?

"Here I am"

Rima's petite hand pushed the front door open. "I'm going now. Tell KusuKusu to come home when she's done," she whispered before running to her house.

By the time Rima lost sight of the Fujisaki mansion, Nagihiko concluded that he just made the dumbest mistake in his life by not telling her.

It would've been one of the dumbest but was confirmed as the dumbest when a slip of ivory paper caught his eye. He scanned the sheet, groaning.

He realized it was the letter he wrote Rima the day he left for Europe which had a phrase circled and random letters underlined. After confirming what the sentence was with Faith, Nagihiko sat outside in the dark, his arm resting on his leg and his chin on top of his arm. He sighed, "What is she waiting for?"

By now, Rima arrived at her house. She stepped onto the porch and stopped. She bent forward and placed her hands on her knees to regain her breathing. When this was done, she raised herself up, rotating her body, and shaking her head disapprovingly.

Rima sighed as a phrase she knew popped in her mind. "What is he waiting for?" she mumbled.

"Take a chance"

The sun rose high in the sky the day following the middle school graduation. Its rays brightening up the city with warmth and sunshine, as if it the light was supposed to be a wake-up call. Although, people would already be awake at noon.

Everyone, except for the ex-Queen's chair. She lay sleeping in her bed with the covers pulled over her head. She had stayed up the night before, trying to erase the moments of and with him that filled her mind.

She didn't do it just out of the blue. She believed if she wiped the memories away, it wouldn't hurt to see him leave for Europe again.

Too bad, though, Rima couldn't accomplish her goal. Instead of forgetting, she remembered and relived everything, including the day they met, the day Amu made the three of them go to the mall and the countless times he's saved and been there for her.

It was hard for Rima to go to bed with all this on her mind but eventually, she managed to. The reason because she cried herself to sleep, thinking about the memories.

At half-past noon, Rima stirred in her sleep. Even with the slight movement, Rima's petite legs kicked the blanket down, so her head was now exposed. The radiance of the sun's light filtered through the tiny cracks in the curtain, shining on Rima's porcelain face.

Rima woke up but kept her eyes closed, since she wasn't used to the light. She let out a small sigh as she sat up in bed and rubbed away the sleep. Rima opened her eyes to be greeted with daylight and sunshine.

She peered at the clock and frowned. "Twelve thirty already," she muttered. She swung her feet to the side of the bed and jumped down. Then she walked to her desk, grabbing an egg and tapping it to wake up her clown chara.

In a moment, KusuKusu hatched and giggled. "Morning, Rima!" KusuKusu darted around the room. "What are we doing today?"

As if on cue, Rima's cell phone vibrated.

Rima picked up her phone and put it to her ear, not bothering to see who it was first. "Hello?"

"Rima, it's Amu. Are you awake?" Rima removed the phone from her ear and narrowed her eyes at the caller before putting it back. In the background, Rima heard Amu talking to somebody else; she listened in. "Oh, that's right. She wouldn't be answering the phone if she wasn't awake."

"Amu, what do you want?"

Amu cleared her throat. "I was wondering if you weren't busy today. If not, do you want to come with Yaya, Faith and I to the mall since it's Faith's last day in Japan?"

Rima thought about her options. "Sure, I'll come."

"Great! Meet me at one near the clock pole." Amu hung up the phone.

"One o'clock?" Rima cautiously turned to glance at the clock. "That's in fifteen minutes! Damn Amu," she cursed. Rima threw on the first things she saw, which was an orange and white sundress, while KusuKusu laughed at her bearer's predicament.

Once she finished changing, Rima snatched a comb and rapidly brushed her hair. She put on her favorite headband, grabbed a jacket, locked the front door and began running to her destination with KusuKusu flying behind.

While Rima was struggling to meet Amu on time, the pink-haired girl dropped the phone on her bed and rolled onto a beanbag chair. "She should be there soon. You should do your part now."

A brown-haired girl smiled at her. "Of course. After this, we're going to meet Yaya at the mall, right?" Amu nodded. "Alright." Faith took her phone and dialed the number. There were a few rings before the person picked up.

"What's up, Faith?"

"Hey, Nagi, are you done hanging out with your basketball friends?"

"Yes, why? Do you need something?"

"Kind of. Want to spend our last day in Japan together?"

"Weren't you supposed to go to the mall with Amu-chan and Yaya-chan?"

Faith stiffened, thinking Nagi had caught her. Thinking a bit, she came up with a reason.

"Nah, Rima's going with them, so I just canceled. Meet me at the clock pole in twenty minutes."

"The clock pole! That's on the other side of the city compared to where I am right now. I can't make it in twenty minutes."

"Too bad, Nagi. Bye." Before he could object, Faith shut her phone.

There was stillness until Faith and Amu exchanged a glance and grinned. "Mission accomplished."

"I'm telling you as a friend"

Rima and KusuKusu made it to the clock pole minutes later than the established time. Rima panted on her knees and wiped the beads of sweat with the back of her hand.

KusuKusu laughed, "Rima's all sweaty!"

Rima gently flicked her chara before getting up and walking over to the bench. She pouted since the girl who told her to meet her here ten minutes ago was nowhere in sight. "KusuKusu, do you sense any charas?"

KusuKusu placed both of her hands on the sides of her head, using the chara radar to sense the others. "I feel two, Rima."

"Two?" Rima asked confused. "Amu has four charas. She wouldn't just leave two at home."

KusuKusu snapped her fingers. "Let me try again." She repeated the chara radar, but she ended up getting distracted. "Look at the pretty flowers, Rima!"

The blonde girl sighed, "KusuKusu, you're no help. I'll just call her." As Rima was dialing the number, she froze. She heard heavy breathing coming from behind. Rima closed her golden eyes, hoping it wasn't a kidnapper.

She at last opened her eyes to see a small purple flower next to her. Rima pouted for getting worried over a measly flower. She began twirling it with two fingers.

While she did that, the person who flung the flower approached her. "I'm five minutes late. Do you think she'd mind?" he questioned his charas.

"I told you to chara nari with me. You would've gotten here in no time!" Rhythm exclaimed.

Temari pushed him to the side. "I don't think she'll mind, especially with the flower you just gave her," she winked. "Something's strange, though. My chara radar is picking up another chara nearby."

Nagihiko shook his head knowing that Faith didn't have a chara. He crept toward the bench. As he was in proximity of the person, he was going to say something but looking down at the sitting person, he raised his eyebrows instead.

Nagihiko put a hand behind his head, wondering if there were other clock poles and he went to the wrong one. He would've retreated if he didn't remember what Temari said earlier.

"A chara? Locks of sunshine?" he thought. Crap.

Nagihiko speculated why the ex-Queen was sitting here, since she was supposed to be at the mall with the ex-Joker and the ex-Ace. Before the ex-Jack tapped her shoulder, she spoke up.

"Amu, you're late! It's going to take more than a flower to make me forgive you." Rima turned around and narrowed her eyes. "Nagihiko, what are you doing here?"

Nagihiko walked around and sat down on the bench right next to her. His charas went to go join KusuKusu, who was awing at the trees. "I was going to ask you that same question. Faith called and told me to run here to meet her."

"That's weird. Amu told me the same thing…" she trailed. There were a few moments of silence as the doll-like girl pondered. "They set us up," Rima proclaimed seconds later, standing up from the bench.

Nagihiko, who had been watching the charas, faced her. "Really?" he said with a sarcastic tone. "I didn't know that."

Rima shot a death glare his way and pouted. "Don't use sarcasm on me!"

"And why not?" Nagihiko smirked. "Does it bother you?"

Rima took that opportunity; she smirked slightly. "No, it doesn't. I love it when you use sarcasm!"

Too bad Rima didn't foresee what Nagihiko was going to say next.

Nagihiko grinned. "Okay, then I'll use it more often, especially on you."

The aggravated blonde threw her hands in the air in frustration. "That was sarcasm!"

"I didn't know that," he voiced innocently.

Rima twitched. "You're impossible, you know that?"

Expecting another remark from the purple-head next to her, Rima went on high-alert. To her disappointment, however, there was no witty banter. The only sound at the moment was his chuckling, which seemed to piss off the ex-Queen just as much.

"What are you laughing about?"

Nagihiko genuinely smiled and turned to Rima. "You're finally talking to me."

Rima was out of words. She was debating to ask him a random question, so they could stray away from the topic, or let him be bored with the quiet to the point where'd he get up and leave.

Knowing Nagihiko, though, Rima knew the latter wouldn't happen. She'd have to rely on her asking off-topic-question abilities.

Right as she was about to pose something about clouds, Nagihiko halted her. "Sorry, can I go first?" Rima gave a small nod. "As soon as you saw me, I thought you were still mad, so you'd stomp away. But you stayed though… Thanks, Rima-chan."

Once the ex-Jack was done with his thought, he replayed the words in his mind, regretting what came out. To him, it was quite silly. He was almost positive the girl next to him would laugh her ass of, say some rude comment and then skip off, leaving him there.

What gave him some confidence she wouldn't do those things was the letter inside his pocket; it was the evidence that confirmed she liked him also.

The purple-haired boy sat patiently awaiting the response. As he did, he couldn't help but admire Rima's angelic features. He tiny smiled to himself.

After a long silence, Rima got up from the bench and put her back to him. Nagihiko's nightmare was on the verge of becoming true. Just as he expected her to walk away, Rima surprisingly turned around and stood on tip-toes, giving Nagihiko a pat on the head. "No problem."

His smile grew wide and in that moment, he didn't know what came over him. It could've been the fact that the girl who stole his heart isn't mad at him anymore and is talking to him or it could be because it's his last day in Japan. Whatever it was, he came up with an idea.

"Since we're both here and hate our best friends, want to go somewhere together and fulfill their plan for the fun of it?"

Rima went back on her heels. After taking a glimpse at the charas and then at the boy in front of her, she whispered her answer. "Sure."

"We could be so much more"

The two ex-Guardians and their charas strolled into town, looking for something to do. Suddenly, a low grumbling sound was emitted. Rima stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, crossing her arms over her stomach, in her attempt to hide the noise.

Since Rima had just woken up when Amu called her, she didn't have time to eat before she left the house. Although she was indeed hungry, she didn't want to let the boy a couple feet in front of her know. Right as Rima was going to move forward, the charas and Nagihiko stopped.

They rotated to face the girl who was behind. Two of the four were confused as to why she was just standing there while the other two knew exactly why.

Rima looked up at the four faces, forcing a smile that would assure everything was alright, when in truth it wasn't. She caught up to them, her arms no longer on her stomach, praying that her tummy wouldn't make a peep.

Inside, she was concentrating really hard for her stomach to not make the gurgling noise, that it reminded her more of her hunger. She kept it to herself, nonetheless.

Once they continued walking, however, as if he was reading her body language, Nagihiko turned to Rima, with a slight smirk on his face. "Rima-chan, you're hungry aren't you?"

"No!" she responded fiercely, whipping her head to face and give him a scowl. That would've been believable – okay, believable to anyone except Nagihiko – but right as Rima pointed an angry finger at him, someone carrying and eating food passed by them. The scent traveled through the air, causing Rima to in inhale the aroma and make her stomach grumble.

He chuckled. "Sure, you're not hungry." Rima glared at him.

"I'm not." Rima kept up her stubborn attitude.

"Yeah, because anyone who wakes up at noon, skips breakfast and uses all their energy to run to somewhere, shouldn't be hungry." Rima blankly looked at him as Nagihiko grinned, knowing what that face meant. "KusuKusu," he explained.

The clown chara left her friends' sides and hovered to in front of her owner. "I had to Rima. It's not good to skip-" Rima frowned. "Oh, forget it! Where did I go wrong with you?"

Rima's jaw opened somewhat. Nagihiko laughed as did Temari and Rhythm. "Don't worry, Rima-chan. I'm kind of hungry myself. Why don't we hurry? I know the perfect place for us to eat."

With that, Nagihiko, without consent, intertwined his hand with Rima's and started running to the place he thought would be ideal to eat at.

After going through several blocks, they were inches away from their destination. Nagihiko slowed his pace, now giving Rima the opportunity to regain her breathing. Her eyes wandered to where their hands were connected. She slightly blushed, muttering some incoherent words.

She regained her composure as Nagihiko looked down at her. "We're here," he smiled.

Rima growled. "Oh, joy. Knowing you, you'd probably take me to- Anywhere but here!" She gazed at the facade of the cafe, gulping as memories flashed through her mind. Jerking her hand away, she looked up at him. "Are you sure you don't want to go else where? I don't know about you, but I'm in the mood for..."

Nagihiko simply smiled and shook his head. Rima blew up her bangs in irritation while Nagihiko re-took her hand in his. Two charas snickered as one politely giggled. Rima glared at them but ceased as she felt her hand being tugged.

The purple-haired boy led her to a table outside. He dropped her hand and pulled out the chair and gestured toward it. Rima fumed. "Cross-dresser, I could've done that myself." She plopped on the chair, arms over her chest and muttered, "But thanks."

"You're welcome. I'm going to order inside since it'll be faster. Anything you want in particular?"

"Not really." Rima narrrowed her eyes suspicously, noticing the boy fidget a bit. "I think I want to come inside..." She stood up.

Nagihiko motioned for her to sit back down, hoping she wouldn't catch on, for he had a plan up his sleeve and it wasn't going to work if she came inside. He calmly replied, "No, Rima-chan, allow me. You stay here with the charas. I'll pay for your food."

With much convincing later, Rima agreed to Nagihiko's request to sit at the table and wait for him. He opened the cafe door, the bell rang as he did. Stepping inside, the door closed behind him.

Rima watched him go inside before moving her arms onto the table and laying her head on top. She examined the three charas on the table, smiling, laughing and playing.

"Rhythm! One, two, three!"

"Bala-balance!" KusuKusu and Rhythm proclaimed simultaneously. They posed in the correct fashion, receiving a smile from the clown chara's owner and Temari.

Rima's amber eyes averted from the scene to the empty chair across from her. A sigh escaped her lips. She thought back to the day when she went back to this cafe, only to find out Nagihiko had left, and how she fell into Kirishma's proposition.

She thought back to the day she came to the cafe one rainy day, and how she had the letter Nagihiko wrote her in her pocket. She frowned recalling the days without Nagihiko.

Somehow, though, after imagining the lonely times, a tiny smiled managed onto her face. Rima realized they were spending the day together before he was leaving tomorrow. They were making the most of it.

"Amu and Faith did know what they were doing," she thought. "And who knows, he could make everything alright." The frown that was originally on Rima's face had blossomed into a genuine smile, but it dropped moments later as something struck.

She had not the slightest idea when or if she was ever going to see him again. She raised her head and then tilted it downward, so she was staring at her feet. Rima tried her best to get her mind off the pain, but it wasn't working.

Temari, Rhythm and KusuKusu had stopped their fun and looked up at the sad girl. KusuKusu went up to her owner, grabbed her cheeks and pulled them, resulting in a gag face. "Look, funny face!"

Rima did her best to smile. It was only then did Nagihiko appeared. Her sad outer appearance faded into her regular expression.

"Took you long enough."

"Sorry, Rima-chan. There was a long line." He pulled out the seat and sat down. An awkward silence then filled the air. Rima looked from him to the charas, then to him again before settling on the charas. Nagihiko mentally sighed, wanting the silence to end. He knew what to bring up. "So, Rima-chan... I'm sorry."

The girl glared at him confused. "About what?"

"For not telling you and the others about the acceptance letter," he replied.

"Why'd you do that?" Rima held in the sadness.

"I don't know," he responded slowly. "I guess, maybe, because I wanted to tell you that..." he trailed. Rima raised her eyes at him, waiting for him to continue. As on cue, however, the waitress that served as the messenger months ago came out with their food. "Never mind."

The waitress laid the tray of food on the table and smiled at Rima. "Hey, I remember you. I gave you a letter from this boy." Rima nodded. "I guess it worked out. Enjoy your food." She walked away but not before purposely dropping a sheet of paper on the ground.

Rima snatched a spoon and took a bite of her parfait. "You were saying."

"Ah, yes. I was say- Rima-chan, what's that?" Nagihiko pointed to the white paper. He picked it up and examined it.

"What is it?"

Nagihiko flipped it and showed her. "It's the letter I wrote to you."

Rima kept her spoon in her mouth. "I did put it in this jacket!"

Nagihiko raised an eyebrow at her for not knowing he had the letter this whole week. He had asked the waitress to drop it at her feet when she gave the food. This plan was to give her the courage to finally tell her.

He breathed in. "You kept the letter this whole time," Nagihiko smiled, taking a bit of his food. "Why?"

"..."

"Why is this circled and certain letters underlined? Could they spell out a phrase?" he smirked.

Rima stiffened and slightly blushed, realizing what was happening. She figured out why she hadn't known where she put the letter. Rima mentally cursed herself as she had to think of something. She guessed that this was a set-up to say how she really felt about him and probably how he felt about her. Rima had two options. One, to go along with it and say what she needed to say. Or two...

"Are you suggesting that I like you? Psst, as if! You're nothing but a lying purple-haired cross-dresser. Why would I ever like someone like you? If we were the only two humans on the planet, wait, let me rephrase that. If you were the only human on the planet because I would've killed myself because I wouldn't want to be stuck with you!"

Deny it and insult him.

She had stood up to emphasize it but now she sat back down. She panicked inside her head, hoping no one was near. Luckily, there wasn't. Only one person - unless, you count the charas - heard it.

Nagihiko's mouth fell open after she finished. But as he replayed what she said and studied her movements, he knew it was fake. Yes, Nagihiko could still read Rima like an open book. He knew she was acting, but even though it wasn't real, it still hurt him inside. Hurt him to not wanting to say anything back. Hurt him to the point of losing all his courage to ever confess to her.

Rima watched the purple-haired boy across from her. She saw his facial expression change from happy to hurt. Temari and Rhythm went by his side to see if he was alright. Rima couldn't believe she had said that to him. The memories of him leaving her and the sadness she felt had raced through her mind at the moment. Perhaps, Rima wanted Nagihiko to feel the pain she went through?

Well, it worked. Nagihiko stayed quiet the whole time they were eating, even though Rima brought up conversations.

Several minutes later of slumping in her chair and finishing her parfait, Rima glanced at Nagihiko. His mood had eased; he didn't seem as sad. Right as she was about to speak, Nagihiko beat her to it.

"Since you're done, ready to go Rima-chan?"

She was startled. "Yeah, go where?"

"Anywhere you want." He stood up and walked over, taking her hand and helping her up.

Rima didn't know why Nagihiko was being nice to her. This was like the time she spent the day with him because her parents had divorced, except Rima hadn't insulted him before. "But aren't you mad? Don't you hate me?"

He softly smiled. His ochre eyes meeting her golden ones. "I wasn't mad, more of sad, but I'm not that much anymore. And Rima-chan I keep telling you this, I have never and will ever hate you. You keep doing that to me, though." Nagihiko had mumbled the last part.

They were walking away from the cafe now. He took her little hand in his and they went in the direction of their next destination, their charas trailing behind.

Rima looked up at him every now and then to see him smile at her. It was then that Rima totally regretted what she said. Rima had a hunch, but she wasn't completely aware that confessing would be all up to her now.

As they left the cafe, three pairs of eyes had been watching them through the glass window. They walked outside to the table they were sitting at. The person in the middle bent down to pick up the discarded and forgotten letter lying on the ground. She sighed, "Really, Rima?"

"I never thought anyone ever could make me feel this way"

Several hours later, the day was coming to an end. Nagihiko and Rima were side-by-side walking until, she complained she was tired and wanted to rest. He grinned and tugged on her hand, pulling her to the side of the road. Nagihiko was ahead, sliding down the green grass hill with Rima following. As soon as Nagihiko reached the bottom, Rima was halfway. Her hand slipped out of his and she lost her balance. She tripped over her feet as she went faster than she wanted.

Rima was just about to hit and fall face first on the flat grass if Nagihiko hadn't caught her by the shoulders first.

He chuckled. "You can be such a klutz sometimes."

Rima rolled her eyes. "Well, you can be such a girl sometimes."

"Rima-chan," he whined.

Turning her head away, making her curls swish, she held her head up and skipped from his side to the big body of water in front of them. Before Nagihiko went to join her, he scanned for the charas, who were still at the top of the hill. The three of them pointed over at Rima; he nodded and went to her side.

Although the charas could fly, they decided to do what their owners had done since it looked fun. The three of them joined hands as they all slid down the hill together. It was fun. But then, as they hit the bottom, they crash landed. That wasn't fun. They dragged their tiny bodies to their bearers.

Rima and Nagihiko removed their attention from the sunset reflected water to their feet. They exchanged a glimpse and picked up their charas. Their charas conjured up their eggs and went inside them yawning, tired. The two ex-guardians smiled at their respective charas, thinking that one day they won't have them anymore. With no more X-eggs running around, guardians were no longer needed. They were growing up.

Rima held KusuKusu's egg tightly as she dropped to the grass. She fixed her dress before placing the egg in her lap. Nagihiko sat down on the grass as well, right beside her. He placed his eggs in his pocket. The two were quiet for awhile as they watched the sunset's effect on the water.

The colors and the intensity of the light calmed both of them, especially Rima. It served a purpose to her. She thought about how rough today was at first, denying something that was true and then being mean about it.

As she gazed over at Nagihiko, she wondered why he put up with her after all this time. He would reply that they were friends and that's what friends do. She somehow hoped, though, it was for a different reason. She moved slightly closer to Nagihiko. Normally, he would've smirked at this, but the look on Rima's face told him not to.

She clutched the hem of her dress knowing this was their final hour together, that this was the end. She longed for the power to start today over again but without the ridicule. Rima rewound today. After the cafe, they had gone to the park and got ice cream. Since that was after the incident at the cafe, they're talking was just short phrases. Once they finished the ice cream, the two wandered through Tokyo. They visited and played with Benkei, went to the royal garden and walked around the once art and music festival grounds.

Nagihiko finally spoke, interrupting the silence and Rima's thoughts. "The sunset's really amazing."

Rima gazed at him and responded, "Yeah, it is. Too bad it won't stay." There was a pause. "Are you going to miss Tokyo?" Rima knew she was going to miss him.

He smiled. "Of course I will. Sure I'm going to this prestigious school in England, but it doesn't have you..." Rima's eyes widened for a second. "And the others."

"Yeah, you can't forget the others."

Nagihiko sensed resentment in Rima's tone. "Something wrong, Rima-chan?"

Rima tried thinking of an excuse but nothing came to her, so she said one thing on her mind. "I'm sorry about insulting you earlier," she mumbled.

He grinned. "It's okay. I was so happy being with you, I actually forgot about that." He chuckled lightly.

Rima held the blush from appearing on her cheeks. She changed the subject. "The sunset on the water's pretty."

Nagihiko went with it. "It is. You mentioned earlier that it was too bad it couldn't stay, right? Well, you don't have to worry, Rima-chan. If you give the sunset wings and let it go, I know it'll return soon." He winked at her.

Rima re-played what he said. "Was he referencing himself just now?" she thought. "You're right. It will return, but for now, I guess all I can do is be happy I'm able to see it and spend time with it." The corners of Rima's mouth curved upward. She scooted closer to Nagihiko.

Nagihiko didn't say anything back. He simply moved closer to her also, a smile on his face. Rima used some of her strength to push herself slightly off the ground. Nagihiko lifted a hand up and placed it on her chin, tilting it up. They leaned forward. Right as their lips were about to meet...

A sound was heard from Nagihiko's pocket. Rima retreated and turned her head away, closing her eyes and pouting.

Nagihiko flipped his phone open. "This better be important, Faith," Nagihiko said a little irritated at his friend's timing.

"It is! Your mom is having a hissy fit about tomorrow, so she wants you home right now. Here listen." Nagihiko listened and heard his mother's voice on the other end. It seemed like she was having a panic attack. "You see my point."

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

"Yeah, hurry!"

The line went dead. Nagihiko stood up. "Rima-chan, I need to go right now. Sorry, I can't walk you home. Are you going to be alright?"

"Yes. Thanks for today," Rima said quietly. Once she spoke, Nagihiko had began running. He stopped, however, turned to look at her, and ran back.

"I forgot to ask you to come to the airport tomorrow. My flight's at three o'clock, so I hope to see you there. Bye, Rima-chan." Nagihiko ran again and waved. Rima waved and sighed, falling back.

As Nagihiko scaled the hill, three figures went behind a tree. Unbeknownst to Rima and Nagihiko, the same three pairs of eyes had been watching them the whole day. The one in the middle faced the one on her right. They winked and nodded their heads with a plan in mind. Before leaving, the one in the middle left the letter she picked up in the cafe on the ground, making sure her friend would find it.

"So make my day"

"Flight 9A to London England will now begin pre-boarding. Passengers please proceed to the gate. Thank you," a person on the intercom stated as a loud click and static crackling was heard.

The six friends and their charas stood several feet away from the gate saying their farewells, while Faith and Nagihiko's mother sat and observed them.

The auburn-haired boy was the first to say goodbye. He stuck out his hand and grinned his signature smile. The boy across from him returned it and stuck his hand out as well. Their hands collided together before they retreated it toward themselves and then brought it forward for a fist pound. "Come back soon, Fujisaki-kun."

"Will do, Souma-kun."

Kukai stepped back. The boy with blond hair was next. He remained composed like a king and just smiled. "Take care and be strong, Fujisaki-kun."

Nagihiko nodded his head as Tadase stepped beside Kukai.

The following person, a sugar-loving-baby, ambushed him with a hug. "Aww, Nagi, don't go. Yaya will miss you."

He laughed. "I'll come to visit. You can count on that."

That response was enough for Yaya. She moved back to join the two boys.

Amu was up to bat. They hugged. "Call and write and don't forget us, okay, Nadeshiko?"

Nagihiko backed up from the pink-haired girl and eyed her. "Amu-chan!" he exclaimed. Amu smiled innocently and used her sparkle attack. Nagihiko sighed. He breathed in and altered his pitch to make it octaves higher. "I won't. Don't worry, Amu-chan."

Amu clapped her hands together and squealed. Faith and Nagihiko's mother giggled from their seats. He rotated to them and frowned.

The charas overhead had observed their owners goodbyes. They decided it was their chance to say their goodbyes to the two charas leaving. Each of the charas said a little sentence and gave a hug or high-five to Temari and Rhythm. Once they were done, they turned their attention back to see the final farewell.

Kukai, Tadase, Yaya and Amu all went to the side leaving space for Rima and Nagihiko, even Faith and Nagihiko's mother got up from their seats and went in line to get on board the plane to give them some privacy. Before going though, Faith waved her last goodbye to her Tokyo friends. "I'll see everyone soon."

Nagihiko raised his eyebrows at Faith. He faced the other way when he remembered the angel standing before him.

A tiny smiled appeared on her face. "You're really leaving..."

"Yeah. Like I said, I'll be back again. Just like that sunset." A grin appeared on his face.

Rima's smile grew. "I guess." Pause. "Well, good luck and have fun. See you soon." Rima stuck her hand out. "Bye, Nagihiko." Nagihiko narrowed his eyes.

"Really, Rima-chan? A handshake?"

"What?"

"I was expecting..." Nagihiko paused to think. He put his previous idea to the side and instead took her hand. With their hands connected, he pulled her to him. "A hug." She fell into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her petite waist. He smirked, "I'll miss you, princess."

Rima didn't care if she blushed because her face was hidden. When she was sure she wasn't red anymore, she raised her arms and wrapped them around his neck. "I'll miss you too... Purple-head."

He chuckled at her. After a few more seconds, they broke from the hug. Nagihiko walked away from her, grabbing his luggage off a seat and headed for the line with Temari and Rhythm. He turned, giving another wave.

Rima's friends and the charas gathered around her. They looked from Nagihiko to Rima and then Rima to Nagihiko again frowning, thinking what they wanted the most for their two friends didn't come true, even on the last day.

Although Rima didn't show it on the outside, she, like her friends, was sad about her situation. She wondered what she did wrong? She suddenly felt stupid, wrong. She had built this idea up in her mind for so long, only to get what she didn't want.

She sighed and frowned. Right as she was about to run, no longer being able to bear watching Nagihiko leave, she was halted. A ping sound was heard and Rima lost control of her actions.

Her friends turned to examine her since she wasn't acting normal.

Amu put a hand on her shoulder. "KusuKusu, did you chara change with her?" she asked, seeing face-paint on the blonde's face.

"No. Our chara change involves bala-balance and when I chara change with her, Rima has a star and rain drop on her face, not a heart and a pair of wings," KusuKusu pointed out.

The friends exchanged worried glances with each other. They wanted to call Nagihiko back, hoping that he would know, but as they lifted their heads, it was Nagihiko's turn to hand in his ticket. The friends held in their voice.

Just as Nagihiko was about to go through the tunnel into the airport, Rima lifted her head and desperately shouted, "Nagihiko, don't think twice to take me away! I'm waiting for you... What are you waiting for!"

The passengers who were near got quiet. They stared at the tiny girl, never guessing a voice like that could come from her. Another ping sound was heard. Rima swiftly covered her mouth, her face turning a shade she never became. "What did I just say?" she thought. Amu comforted her while Rima concealed her face in embarassment.

The pink-haired girl moved away from Rima, though, when she saw someone approaching.

"Amu, are they still looking at me? Amu?" Her hands were gently removed from her face. She looked up to see a purple-haired boy. "Nagi-"

He chuckled. "Finally, Rima-chan. It took you long enough." He placed his hand on her chin and tilted it up, bringing it closer to him. They slowly moved toward each other, closing their eyes until their lips softly met.

The people watching clapped softly and made "aww" sounds. Rima and Nagihiko's friends, after sighing in relief, smiled at each other.

During the whole scene, someone was watching from not too far away. A grin appeared on the person's face as the message was sent. Shutting her phone, she strolled out of the airport with her charas and headed for the recording studio, ready to sing from her heart.

Seconds passed until Amu heard a beep in her pocket. She read the message, eyes widening. It read:

I told her a girl can dream. If you ever need her to speak from her heart again, just ask for El. :)

Amu didn't want to question, she just wanted to smile and quietly whisper, "Utau."

Rima and Nagihiko backed up from each other. "I'm sorry I didn't use words like you to express how much you mean to me."

Rima still in a daze of what happened just nodded her head. That was indeed her first kiss. Sure, she went out with Kirishma, but that doesn't mean they kissed. When she snapped back to her senses she questioned, "If I meant so much to you, why didn't you do anything earlier?"

"You hurt my feelings, remember?" Nagihiko said innocently. "It's true though, Rima-chan. You mean a lot to me, whether you believe it or not." He smirked, "I bet you believe it; you just don't want to admit it."

"Oh, fine," Rima pouted.

They backed up more from each other. Nagihiko held out his pinkie. "Although I'll be studying abroad for an unspecified time, promise we'll meet again?"

Rima hesitated, "Well..." She heard her friends gasp behind her. "Just kidding. I promise."

Nagihiko smiled and spread his arms out for a hug. "I'm going to miss you."

"You said that already."

"Alright. How about I say that I love you, Rima-chan?"

"Uh..."

He chuckled. He inhaled and imitated her voice. "I love you too, Nagihiko."

Rima narrowed her eyes. "I don't sound like-" Nagihiko pressed his lips to her, interrupting her sentence.

"Final call for boarding to London, England."

Nagihiko and Rima stepped back from each other after another hug.

He picked up his luggage from the ground. Temari and Rhythm left their chara friends again and went to join their owner. Nagihiko walked through the tunnel after one last wave. He dissappeared.

Once Nagihiko was out of sight, the group went over to the window. They waited some time to hear the announcer on the intercom say that the plane was getting ready to fly. The friends spotted the plane their friend was on about to take off. Moments later, the plane took to the sky and vanished into the clouds.

Amu broke the silence. "Rima, are you okay?"

Rima didn't answer out loud. In her heart, she knew she wasn't okay. But, she knew she would be.

Rima know no matter what or how long, she'll be waiting here for Nagihiko, not because she made a promise to herself but because Rima knows that he'll want her to.

To be continued…