Klutz!

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"As people grow up, they realize it becomes less important to have friends, and more important to have real ones."

"Sometimes, you just can't tell anybody how you really feel. Not because you don't know why, not because you don't know the purpose, not because you don't trust them, but because you can't find them the right words to make them understand."

( Amu's POV )

"Ikuto! What's wrong with you today?" I shouted as I pulled away from him, not sure whether to be angry or sad. When we broke apart, he pressed his lips back on to mine. It felt like a bittersweet moment between us. Ikuto pushed me back, making him on top of me and then started tangle his fingers through my hair. I didn't know what to do, any minute now there could be a stranger barging in to the rooftops but that didn't seem to bother Ikuto for some odd reason. It made me suddenly feel like Ikuto and I were the only two people in the world at that moment while our lips embraced. When I finally gave in, I wrapped my arms around his neck and waited for him to push us apart. He didn't though, the kiss lasted for quite a long time actually, more than I expected until there was a startling creaking sound of the door.

"Shit," he mumbled under his breath, breaking apart to gain breath (we're not immortal...)

Strangely, when I opened my eyes to look, there was no one at the door. "Probably just the wind," I responded, getting back on my feet. Taking out a mirror, I blushed at the sight of hair. It was messy and tangled – thanks to Ikuto – and I didn't have a spare brush on me so I was forced to use my hands as a miniature comb.

"Ikuto, what was that all about-" I turned around to look at him, and then noticed he had vanished without saying another word. "He's… Gone." I touched my bottom lip and felt a tingling sensation inside of me, bouncing around.

After I fixed my hair and put it in a high ponytail with my X clip, I got my lunch and ran straight down to where the others where, down the school grounds. We had twenty minutes left till the bell rang but that twenty minutes could fly by like two seconds. I crossed my fingers, hoping that he wouldn't be there, but luckily he wasn't. Everyone was laughing until they suddenly spotted me and started to wave, one after the other.

"Hey Amu, I thought you were going to eat in the school rooftops?" Utau asked, budging up to give me room to sit (they were sitting on some benches.)

"Oh yeah... About that… Something happened. Have any of you seen Ikuto?" I asked, peering around.

"No, he said he's got some 'business.' Why?" Nagihiko answered.

"When did he say that?"

"Two minutes ago."

"Why are you asking about my brother?" Utau asked, nudging me. "Thought you weren't interested in him."

"I-It's not like that! I was just… Curious. That's all."

"No, something's up with you Amu. That was just the worst lie ever," Rima complained, eating from her bento that her maids made since she was partly rich. Rima was awfully good at looking whether something was the truth, but she wasn't good at finding out the truth.

"N-Nothing's up!" I responded with a blush on my face. It was hard to hide my blushes, they just popped up randomly and they're… Unstoppable. But they're the key to find out whether I'm lying or not, and Rima knows that because we've been best friends for so long. She's the one I'm afraid of the most.

"I got it!" Utau suddenly yelled, pausing. "She was doing something with Ikuto on the rooftops right?" I bit my lip and crossed my fingers under the table. If they found out, I'd be tortured for the rest of my life.

"What were they doing Utau?" Kukai asked, slamming his hands on the table.

"They…They… I don't know!"

"You're useless…" Rima mumbled.

"It's not like you're helping, Barbie!"

"Excuse me? I was the one who found out she was lying so you can shut your trap."

"How dare you-"

"UTAU!" everyone except me shouted.

"Sorry…"

"Serves you right."

"Rima, you too!" Nagihiko interrupted.

"Okay, I'm sorry…"

"Anyway, Amu, were you doing something with Ikuto on the rooftops?" Utau asked, turning to face me.

"N-N-No way!" I argued, making an X with my hands.

"Well that's that. Utau, you were proven wrong," Rima shrugged.

"Whatever…" Wow, they actually believed that? Even Rima? I'm not such a bad actress at all.

"Who's done eating their lunch?" Yaya asked after a long silence.

"Me," Kukai, Utau and Kairi answered.

"Would you all like to help Yaya with the newspaper club? I heard one of the members got something really juicy and we're going to write the whole article on it. It's going to take a few pages and we need all the help we can get!" she exclaimed, with hints of mischief in her eyes. I don't have a good feeling about this, whatever the article were about.

"Sure!" they all spoke together, walking by Yaya and chatting on the way.

The newspaper club were all experts at finding out things. If you needed to know something, you'd go to them but there was a price. The price was that you have to tell them a secret about someone that only you know about. It was harsh, but fair as well. When they put up the latest article, the whole school would start gossiping about it instantly and there was always a Tuesday in which it was put up, as known as tomorrow. The articles were all put up in a secret room which none of the teachers knew about, heck, they didn't even know there was a newspaper club, they thought it was a Manga drawing club!

"What do you guys think the new article is going to about?" Nagihiko asked while Rima and I just shrugged.

"Probably just some new rumour that's going around. They never put pictures up for proof as well, so it's not going to be true," Rima explained.

"Yeah..." I agreed, still a little bit worried.

"Do you want to go and ask them?" Nagihiko asked, standing up and putting his wrappers in the bin. "Since Yaya is a member, they might tell us."

"Nah, who cares anyway? Some of the articles can get as crazy as UFO sightings. I mean, seriously? That's just bizarre. And sometimes, they can get as boring as best friend breakups. No one actually cares except them. The type of gossip people actually want is about the popular people, like us. But it's not like they're going to get any information on us since we've got nothing to hide and we're not that stupid to let something slip so easily," Rima believed while Nagihiko nodded.

"That's true, but you shouldn't jinx it. Yaya has never asked people that aren't in the newspaper club to help her and her crew out for the latest article, so it's got to be serious. Don't let your guard down, and make sure there isn't anyone following you. If you do, you're dead meat. Understand?" Nagihiko insisted wisely.

"Yeah, good idea. Come on then, we can't stay here forever. Where are we going to go while the others are with Yaya and the crew?" I agreed, looking around. "Guys, did you just see that?" I said this because I saw a sudden flash of blue, but then it vanished in to thin air. I'm not sure if it was just my imagination though.

"See what, Amu?" Nagihiko asked while sitting under the shade of an oak tree.

"Oh… Nevermind." It was probably my imagination then.

"Guys…" Rima faltered. "I'm a bit worried."

"How come?" I asked.

"If the newspaper club gets some gossip on us with pictures and proof, even Yaya can't stop them since she's not the head of the newspaper club and we might be embarrassed for the rest of our time in high school. What are we going to do then?" she stammered with clenched fists.

"We have to stick up for our mates. Even in the toughest times, we promised each other we're going to be there for one another. Plus, it might not even be true! It could be photoshopped for all we know and the truth is top priority. Don't let a couple of paragraphs bring you down," Nagihiko announced with no hesitations.

"Rima, it's like you to be this down so cheer up. The likely of it being about us is zero percent so don't worry!" I cheered her up with a smile.

"Thanks. Amu, Nagihiko, want to walk home with me today?" we all nodded and high fived.

After school, we all walked together while chatting on the way. The lesson before I had was gym with Rima (no Ikuto, thankfully. I'm hoping to avoid him at all costs this week.)

"I haven't seen Ikuto much today," Nagihiko suddenly commented out of the blue. "Have you, Amu?"

"W-W-Well duh, at geography!" I stuttered with a small blush.

"No Amu, I think Nagihiko means after that. At lunch, he totally disappeared. I think something's going on with him," Rima explained.

"O-Oh? Really? W-Well let's h-hope he's alright."

"Yeah. And why are you stuttering so much?" she curiously asked, one hand on her chin.

"I-I'm not!" Damn, done it again.

"You just did it now. Is there something going on?"

"Absolutely not! I'm perfectly fine. Don't worry about me!"

"Are you sure?"

"Definite."

"Well alright then, but can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead."

"Why did you go to the school rooftops, suddenly come to the school grounds and then ask about Ikuto? It was a bit… Random," she asked, trying to get Amu to bring the truth out.

"R-Really? I just felt like asking because I didn't see him sitting with you guys. And I got bored by myself on the rooftops, you know? I was l-lonely," I lied, trying to make it convincible. I wasn't sure if Rima believed it or not because she wasn't looking at me straight in the eye, but down at the ground.

"I see." Yeah, she probably didn't believe it. Although I felt guilty for not telling my own best friend that Ikuto and I… kissed, it couldn't be helped because I was just too uncomfortable to tell anyone about it. No one knows at the moment, and they're not ever going to know. Hopefully.

"Guys," Nagihiko paused with a frown. "There's something following us…" he mumbled quietly.

"W-What?"

"Looks like the article is going to be about one of us then, if it's someone from the newspaper club," Rima guessed as I gulped.

"It's coming from the bush over there…" Nagihiko observed, walking over to it. We definitely heard a snap of a twig, so we had to make sure that he didn't get away with valuable information. He searched the bushes, but there was no one there. Unfortunately, they ran away with some info that could cost us our lives. Just great. "This is not good…" he murmured, biting his nail.

"What do we do now?" Rima asked as she came over to Nagihiko and put her hand on his shoulder sympathetically.

"We should separate ways from now so we can see who the stalker is writing the article about. If you hear the stalker, call one of us and we'll come over. Is that alright, guys?" he explained, pointing to his cell phone. Rima and I looked at each other and nodded while waving to say good bye.

As I walked home by myself, I made sure to look out for anyone who was near me. Thankfully, I couldn't hear a single noise, but that didn't mean I could let my guard down. Anything could happen, Nagihiko taught me that. As I checked my phone constantly to see if there were any missed calls, I heard a few footsteps behind me. I turned around to face the person, and then realized it was Ami, embracing me unexpectedly. Maybe she was the one that Nagihiko thought was stalking us? I'd be sure to ask her.

"Onee-chan!" she shouted, cuddling me sweetly.

"Ami! What are you doing here?"

"I was lonely and I was looking for you."

"How long have you been following me?"

"I just saw you now." Then that must mean it wasn't here following us when I was with Rima and Nagihiko.

"Oh, I see…"

"Is something wrong, onee-chan?"

"No, nothing at all. Come on Ami, let's go home." She slipped her hand in to mine and we walked together while I was careful of the sounds around us.

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of the raining. It was pouring viciously and there were just a few minutes left till my alarm went so I decided to get out of bed straight away. I put my uniform on straight away and brushed my teeth lazily, forgetting about the newspaper club's new article. When I was done, I head out without an umbrella and rushed to the school gates, not worrying that my uniform was completely soaked.

As I opened my locker to get my books, everyone was either glaring or looking at me in a strange way. Everyone that I passed. This was bizarre; it was the first time anything like this happened. I even heard Saaya, one of Ikuto's irritating fan girls call me a bitch under her breath, thinking I wouldn't hear. In a hurried manner, Rima rushed to me while panting and dragged me to the school basement (which was where the newspaper article was hidden) and stopped midway, biting her lip. I didn't have a good feeling about this.

"Amu… You promised to tell me everything. Yet why… Why didn't you tell me?" she mumbled with a disappointed face which was hidden by her bangs.

"Hid what? I haven't hidden anything from you!"

"Liar!" she shouted, running down the stairs. The basement was crowded, and once I entered, everyone made way for me and Rima pointed to the newspaper which in the middle was a picture of… Ikuto and I. But not just any picture. A picture of him on top of me while kissing on the rooftops. Not to mention the picture was the size of an A4 size piece of paper!

The title was: 'School's heartthrobs busted!' and there was approximately four pages just written on us. I couldn't believe this.

"So? Are you still going to try and make me think you're lying?" I watched as Ikuto walked down the steps, glaring at the picture. He stood next to me and started to scan through the writing.

It wrote, "Yesterday at lunch, Ikuto Tsukiyomi and Amu Hinamori - as known as the school's most popular students - were caught making out even though they're not dating yet! Or could they be hiding their relationship?

One of our crew, Suzuki Seichiro, caught them by accident. They were full on kissing, but he wasn't sure if there were any tongues involved. When Hinamori-san went to eat lunch with her friends after that, she acted like there was nothing going on between them. Same with Tsukiyomi-kun, he was questioned by his sister but he refused to tell her anything going on between them. After school, Hinamori-san decided to lie to her best friend, Rima Mashiro about her secret boyfriend even though they've known each other for sixteen years." That's not everything it said, just the most important bits about it.

"R-Rima, I-"

"Save it Amu. That's goodbye to our friendship. Thanks for lying to me; I really appreciate it, now that I know you're not a true friend to me." With that said, Rima ran out of the basement and to her first period which wasn't with me but with everyone else except Ikuto and I.

Everyone's looks were locked on to me, making it hard to talk without seeming awkward. All of a sudden, Ikuto snatched the newspaper which was pinned on a dusty notice board, crumpled it up and hauled me away by the arm. He took me to the same area where we kissed and looked at me straight in the eye.

"Sorry," he said with a look of disappointment.

"Sorry? Is that all you've got to say for yourself? You've made the whole school hate me, thanks to your fucking fan girls and you've broken my best friend and I apart! And you say sorry? What's wrong with you?" I ranted at him.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me you ask? I'll tell you what's wrong with me. I'm in love with you. A klutz. Is that a good enough reason?"

"Truth is top priority."

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