A/N: Thanks once again to everyone who reviewed and to all the new readers! I get 3 or 4 new story favorites and alerts with each chapter and it gets me all excited! I actually think it's funny that the Rimahiko chapters get more reviews than the Amuto ones.

And xXLove'n'HateXx, I laughed out loud through your entire review! Yes let's definitely send that mob to YouTube. You're a useful ally to have since you have the amazing ability to create a mob, anger them, and then send them off to do your bidding whenever you please. So…friends?

TsukiyomiAlikutoMissaWatusi (who will from now on be known as TAMW in order to keep myself sane) I totally agree that he should've kissed her. Or if he's not gonna kiss her, at least kiss me! Right?

Mystic Spirit Angel, I hate to say it, but Tadase will soon have a bigger role in this story so there's no getting rid of him for now =[. I promise you'll forgive me by the time it's all over! And don't worry, Nagi will have his fun with Ikuto soon enough. This story isn't called Tagteam Matchmakers for nothing! ;]

Neji0392, unfortunately it is not Kukai(who has technically been mentioned to be Tadase's best friend and will have a small role in the future) and I don't have any plans for Yaya in this story, though she may make a tiny cameo in a later chapter just for kicks and giggles.

(ArtGrrl and Kit2000 I haven't forgotten about you. I just have nothing quirky to say in response. I still appreciate your reviews!)

Guess you'll have to read and see who it is! Assuming that this chapter actually makes it to that point I mean. Which it better! Cause there's two more chapters I plan on writing before the weekend comes around again and they go together pretty much so you won't be too happy if I have to stop in the middle! So cross your fingers!

Nagihiko?

Amu was sitting at one of the tables in the eatery by the movie theater. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she was tapping her foot against the ground. It was already past twelve and she hadn't seen any sign of Ikuto.

Nagihiko…I know I've heard that name before…

Just then her vision went black as a warm hand covered her eyes and she jumped in her seat.

"Guess who?"

She could practically see him smirking behind her. She removed his hand from her face, stood up and turned around to yell at him.

"Why did you have to scare me like that? And why are you so late? I've been waiting for you for like fifteen minutes!"

"Woah, calm down. I didn't realize you missed me so much." He smirked again.

"Whatever. Get over yourself." She landed a playful smack on his arm, sticking her tongue out at him.

It was then that she realized there was someone else staring at her from behind Ikuto. Long purple hair…yellow eyes…

"Oh my god. You're Nagihiko!"

She gave herself a mental slap in the face. Duh Amu. You're meeting Ikuto's friend. The one who likes Rima. Neither Ikuto or her best friend had really ever referred to him by his name before.

"No shit, Sherlock."

She sent a nasty glare in Ikuto's direction before reaching behind him to introduce herself.

"Hi!" she said with a smile.

"H-hi," he said smiling nervously.

Her smile grew bigger at the site of him. He was cute. Rima was definitely in denial about this one. And he was even nervous to meet her, which just made him even cuter.

"I'm Amu," she finally said, "Rima's best friend."

"It's nice to meet you," he said with a little more confidence this time, "And you seem to already know my name."

She liked him already. He was so much nicer than Ikuto. She was already picturing him and Rima walking together, hand in hand, down the hallways at school. She sighed to herself.

"Nagihiko works at the bookstore over there so I told him he should spend his lunch break with us," Ikuto said.

"Oh, okay. Well then why don't we all go grab something to eat real quick and meet back at this table?" She flashed another smile at Nagihiko.

"Sounds great," he said smiling back.

Ikuto stood in line at the pizza place with Nagihiko while Amu had gone off in search of a hamburger. He laughed to himself as he remembered her face when she realized who Nagihiko was. She can be such an airhead sometimes.

"So…"

He blinked and looked up to see Nagihiko staring at him.

"What?"

"Do you have something you want to tell me?"

Ikuto raised an eyebrow at him. "Umm…no?"

"So you're telling me there's nothing going on between you two?"

"Between who? Me and Amu?!" Ikuto started laughing. "Definitely not."

"If you say so."

"Did you see how she started yelling at me right away? She's always like that. We're always arguing."

"If by arguing, you mean flirting, then yes, I did see it." Nagihiko grinned.

"Please. Don't be ridiculous."

He fought a blush as he remembered the almost kiss he had with Amu yesterday. He still didn't know what had come over him then, but he was going to make sure it didn't happen again. There was no way he had feelings for the girl. Not to mention she had a crush on Tadase. Nagi didn't know what he was talking about.

Nagihiko couldn't stop smiling at his best friend. He hadn't expected this at all. Ikuto had told him about the deal he'd made with Amu, but regardless of what Ikuto said, there was something going on there. He had seen Ikuto around tons of different girls and he'd never acted that way with any of them.

And he seemed to get rather defensive with him just for mentioning it. Which just proved to Nagihiko that Ikuto was probably in denial. It didn't really matter though. He was sure things would work themselves out and those two would eventually realize it on their own.

Unfortunately, it wasn't so easy with Rima. She had to actually have those feelings for him in order for her to realize them. And he wasn't so sure about that. It had been painfully silent between them after he'd helped her make the whip cream yesterday.

She had finally smiled around him for the first time, but then it was like she was afraid to look at him after that. She hadn't even looked up the whole time they were eating the strawberry shortcake together.

Ugh. Feels like I'm getting nowhere.

Amu arrived back at the table at the same time as Ikuto and Nagihiko. She sat down across from them, still smiling like she was before. She couldn't help it. She'd only met Nagihiko for a few minutes so far and she was already excited to work her magic for him and Rima.

"So Nagihiko, tell me what you like about Rima," she said not wasting any time.

She saw him blush and practically died. Oh my god. So. Cute. Though maybe she was being a little forward. She probably should've started out by asking him about himself, but they only had so much time before he had to go back to work. Might as well cut to the chase.

"Uh…well…I…"

"Oh you know, Amu," Ikuto cut in, "Probably the same things you like about Tadase…blond…super cute…funny."

He coughed through that last one. Amu glared at him and kicked him underneath the table.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"That was for interrupting Nagihiko. And for making fun of me. Ass."

"Well maybe you shouldn't have asked such a straightforward question right off the bat. You made him uncomfortable."

"No, it's okay—" Nagihiko tried to cut in.

"Well maybe I'm just trying to make sure he has good intentions before I try hooking him up with my best friend!" she said, smacking her hand down on the table.

"Maybe you should just trust me when I say he's a good guy," he said, leaning across the table toward her.

"Trust you?" She leaned toward him, "Oh you mean like when I trusted you the other day and you let me fall on my ass!"

"You let me fall first!" He leaned even closer, clenching his fist.

"Uhh..guys?"

Their faces were only a few inches apart now. She swallowed as she realized how close they were. Those blue eyes were staring into hers again, but she couldn't pull herself away this time.

"Well," she said, her voice much softer now, "I caught you the second time, didn't I?"

She was panting a little from yelling so much, her mouth slightly open. His features softened at her words.

"Yeah," he said almost whispering, "and I caught you too…"

She saw his eyes glance down at her lips before returning to her own again. Her body was heating up as she continued to stare at him. His breath smelled like pizza this time, but for some reason she didn't mind. She suddenly found herself wondering what her breath smelled like. Is it bad?

It didn't really matter though because he moved in closer and she lost the ability to breathe altogether. She was staring at his lips now, watching as they slowly got closer and closer to hers. Her mind reeled with the possibilities of what was about to happen.

And then her phone rang.

She flinched at the sound and Ikuto pulled away immediately. She fell back into her chair and flipped open her cell phone, trying her best not to think about what just happened.

"Hello? Rima?"

She looked over at Nagihiko who was already blushing.

"Oh I'm uhh…shopping…with my mom. Yeah. A movie? Which one? Rima! You know I hate scary movies! Ugh. Fine. Tomorrow? Sure. Okay I'll pick you up around 6? Cool. See you then!"

She clicked the End button on her phone, but continued to stare at the screen. She was afraid to look up. Afraid to look into those damn eyes again.

"This is perfect. We can set up a surprise date at the movies."

This time she had to look up at him.

"What?"

"Yeah, what?" Nagihiko joined in.

She tried not to focus on his smirk as he continued.

"Yeah, we'll meet you and Rima there and 'bump' into you guys in the movie line. Then you can suggest that we all sit together and we'll figure out a way to get those two next to each other."

He brushed off his shoulder like it was the most ingenious thing he'd ever said. And Amu had to admit, it actually was a good plan. It would be easy to set up like an accident anyway. Especially since it was Rima's idea.

"Alright. That's fine. The movie is at seven."

"Which movie is it?

"Orphan."

Nagihiko laughed nervously, which made her smile again.

"Don't worry Nagihiko, we'll make sure everything goes smoothly with Rima, okay?"

"I don't think that's what he's nervous about." Ikuto laughed.

Nagihiko shot him a nasty glare before looking at his watch.

"I gotta go, guys. Work calls. It was nice meeting you, Amu," he said smiling again, "Don't have too much fun without me."

He grinned and glanced at Ikuto, who looked away, before turning to leave.

"See you tomorrow Nagihiko," she called out before looking at Ikuto. What was that about?

She realized that the two of them were alone again. She needed to get out of there before she lost control of herself and did something irrational.

"Well that was fun," she said, getting up to leave, "I'll see you tomorrow!"

She turned and scurried toward the closest door, but didn't get very far before someone grabbed onto her arm.

"Where do you think you're going?"

She turned to see Ikuto looking back at her. Shit.

"Umm..home?"

He smirked. "I don't think so."

He pulled her in the opposite direction toward the shops in the mall.

"Where are we going?!" she cried.

"It's time for your first confidence boost."

A/N: OMG just kiss her already Ikuto! Gah! So I totally took up an entire chapter with this. I can't even believe it. Even after I told myself not to. Sigh. But Don't worry! I'm going to try to get ahead of myself on the writing so I can have what I want done before I leave for work on Friday and I'll just post the last one for the week when I get home Friday night.

The only snag in the plan is that someone asked if I could work for them today so I agreed, but it's only a 6 hour shift so it shouldn't put me too far behind schedule! It just means I'll be writing A LOT on Thursday!

Otherwise, I guess after Thursday's post, you'll have to wait until Monday to figure out what happens! Yay for scary movie dates! Have you seen the preview for that movie Orphan? It's looks WAY too creepy for me to be able to see! I couldn't come up with a good fake scary movie title on my own so I just went with the first one that came to mind.