My sister, Aoi, got curious as to what I'm gonna do with her in the story and wanted me to write the next chapter. So yeah.

Quickly, I'll do the reviews

RomanticaKH1: you lucky person! I hated pep-rally. it was terrible -_- and it's good that you have friends who r mature. My friends r the same. My parents have told me they've never meet a group of teenagers like my friends lol. Stick with them. They'll take you far ;D

I don't own Shugo Chara.

The warm rays of the sun flooded the large french designed room through the large window doors. The light rested softly on the two blondes that rested in bed together. Eventually, Lulu couldn't help but open her eyes against the bright yellow light of the sun. Her eyes fluttered, trying to adjust to the sun and once she could, she checked for the time. Her eye settled on the alarm clock next to the bed.

8 in the morning. Lulu rubbed her eyes and sat up carefully, to not wake up Tadase. She looked down at him and could still see the bags under his eyes from last night. They were starting to clear up so she decided to let him sleep more.

With great care, she got out of the bed and dressed for the day. As she finished placing the shirt over her head, she felt arms help her settle the shirt down. Their hands rested on her waist and Lulu already knew who it was.

"You should sleep more."

"Hm...Sounds inviting but I dont think I will."

She turned around in his arms and looked up at him, Tadase being taller than her by a number of inches. She could obviously see the sleep still in his eyes and couldn't help but feel at fault. She averted her eyes down but blushed at the sight of Tadase's chest. She remembered how when she first met him, he was only a little kid with a crush on her best friend Amu. He was skrunny and...girly looking, she'll admit that. Then, when she met him again in the park, she wasn't sure at first if it really was him. He grew taller, lost some of his boyish features, and his body wasn't "skrunny", but he wasn't built. He was descent looking and his personality made her want to be near him. And now, he hasn't changed from the teenage boy she fell in love with. But now, ever since he started college, she noticed that he started gainin some muscle from playing sports with Nagihiko and Kukai on campus.

Lulu shook her head to think straight and firmly pressed her hands on Tadase's chest. She started to push him back until Tadase's legs touched the bed and he could do nothing but fall back. He stared up at Lulu as she stood over him.

"I want you, to sleep. I know you're exhausted."

"But-"

"Tadase," she said firmly.

He chuckled, feeling like a child under her watch, and reached out a hand to cup her cheek, "Alright. I'll go back to bed."

"Good." She bent down and kissed him, "Come down when you're good and rested."

It didn't take long for Tadase to pass out with sleep. His breathing became even and Lulu smiled. She pulled on a pair of heels and then made it down to the parlor. Every time she visits, she loves the feeling of walking through the halls of the mansion she grew up in. She shook her head, chuckling, at how childish she was wanting to be perfect back when she was younger. All she wanted to do was be perfect at everything, to be able to do anything. But it was Tadase who showed me the truth about perfection. She smiled at the memory just a few years ago.

~Flashback~

Lulu was in the kitchen making lunch, getting things ready for Tadase to come down from college for the weekend. She was in the laundry room, putting the bedsheets into the machine when she heard the door open.

"Lulu?"

"In the laundry room!" she called out to him. She closed the door and set the machine then walked out to meet Tadase in the living room. He was putting down his bag with his school work and hanging up his jacket, shaking off the snow. Lulu came up behind him and hugged him, admiring the fact that although he was just outside the winter cold air, he was very warm. "Welcome back."

"Glad to be back."

"Come, I have lunch ready."

He chuckled, "You didn't have too."

"Of course I did."

She didn't notice the frown that appeared on Tadase's face as she pulled him to the dinning room table. They sat down and started eating then Tadase asked if Lulu had done anything new.

"The Mashiro's opened a bakery for Rima with the help of the Fujisaki's. Since she needed employees, I applied. I've been working on serving and bakery ever since."

"Is it nessasary to 'train' to become a bakery waitress?"

Lulu looked up from her plate at Tadase who had his serious face on. "Of course. I have to do the job just right or else Rima would fire me and customers wont be happy."

Tadase sighed, put down his fork, and folded his hands in front of him, "Lulu, you're just starting with a job and Mashiro is only starting a business. Perfection isn't needed yet."

"Then how do businesses start? By perfection Tadase." This conversation was starting to anger Lulu. She felt that Tadase was trying to put her down.

"You know that's not what I meant." By now, Lulu crossed her arms and her blond brows were knitted together. "What I meant is that, you don't have to everything perfectly. No one is perfect."

"No one's perfect because no one had tried."

"Lulu-"

"No. You know its true. No one tries. I've been working on it since I was very young. I can be perfect."

"No, you can't. You're not perfect Lulu." It struck her like a knife when he said that, raising his voice at her. Tears welled up in her eyes and quickly, Tadase realized what he had done. "Lulu, I-" He didn't get to finish his sentence because she had pushed out her chair and ran upstairs. He ran after her up the stairs but was caught by the door slamming into his face. "Lulu, please open the door." Although he couldn't see it, he could easily hear her trying to keep her sobs quiet on the other side. "I'm sorry about what I said...But Lulu, no matter how hard anyone tries, no one will be perfect. People have tried but their feelings get in the way."

Lulu was sitting on the bed, crying into her hands, listening to what Tadase was saying. She wanted to be stubborn and say that that wasn't her. But something in her made her keep quiet. She heard him rest his head against the door and sigh.

"Lulu, if you were perfect...I wouldn't love you." She gasped and felt her heart leap into her throat, keeping her short of air. "I wouldn't be able to love you for the reasons I do."

She got up from the bed and opened the door. She smiled at Tadase with her tear-stained face, "I'm sorry."

Tadase smiled at her and pulled her into his arms, "You don't have to be sorry about being yourself."

~End of Flashback~

It was one of her favorite memories of being with Tadase. And it was one of the memories she had of how he helped her change.

"Good morning, Mademoiselle Lulu."

She looked up, coming down from her thoughts, to see the red haired man, "Good morning, Monsieur Francious."

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes. Thank you." She looked around him and noticed something, "Where are your children?"

"They had woken up before me. I'm not much of a morning person. And what about that man that came with you? Uh...Monsieur Horoti I believe?"

"Hotori, and he's still asleep. He...also isn't a morning person."

"Ah, I see. Will you accompany me down to breakfast?"

"Ano...I forgot something in my room. I'll just go get it. You go on without me."

"Very well."

He started walking down the hall and Lulu stepped back and around the corner. She rested against the wall, feeling her heart race. She's never felt so nervous in her life. But I have to do this. To be with Tadase.

Taking a deep breath, she made her way down to breakfast. Her fingers traced along the carved wood of the chairs when she reached the table. Already seated was Jaque and his kids on one side with her father at the head and her mother sitting next to him.

"Ah! Mon cher, come sit down. Jaque told us that you were awake," her father smiled at her and motioned to the chair next to Jaque.

No, she said bluntly through her eyes and casually walked over to the chair next to her mother. Everyone watched her, especially the little girl Emily, as she sat herself and began serving herself breakfast. In truth, she was trembling from all the eyes that were watching her.

"Well," started Jaque, clearing his throat, "I think we all know just what's going on right about now. Don't we, Mademoiselle Lulu?"

He smiled at her kindly, which relaxed Lulu very much about what she was about to do.

"Monsieur, Lulu had just arrived yesterday. We should give her-"

Jaque held up his hand, cutting Lulu's father off but not completely rude, "No, Monsieur de Morcerf. Your daughtry is grown and can make up her own mind. After all," his smile turn sad and his gray eyes looked at her with something, she's seen in many of her friends and her parents eyes, understanding, "She has found love."

~Upstairs~

His stomache clentched with the feeling of hunger, causing Tadase to wake up. He opened his ruby eyes and rolled onto his side to check the time. He realized that he wasn't asleep for long. He rubbed his eyes and sat up in the large bed. He sighed, feeling bad that he let Lulu go down alone. He didn't know what would happen but she just hypnotised him into falling back asleep.

Tadase got out of the bed and dressed comfortably for the day. When he stepped out of the room, he literally slapped his forehead.

"I have no idea where I'm going."

~Time Skip (well not much. Like 5 minutes)~

Tadase finally stumbled into the dinning room after walking around the second floor for a good 5 minutes or more. When he walked in, he noticed that Lulu was eatting with easy while Jaque sat across from her feeding his son and his daughter eating quietly.

Jaque noticed his presence and looked up smiling, "Ah, Monsieur Hotori, good morning."

"Uh...Good morning."

"Come eat. Food's almost cold."

Time passed with the five of them eatting breakfast. Lulu finished but stayed with Tadase. When Alexandre and Emily finished, Jaque stood up and excused himself from the table. Tadase watched him leave, confused, until Emily came running back into the dinning room. She walked around the table and stood by Lulu. Her cheeks were a shade lighter than her hair.

"Uh...Thank you, Lulu-san. For not taking Mother's place," she said in fluent Japanese.

What she said slowly sunk into Tadase's head,until he finally understood what she meant. She said no to the marriage.

Lulu smiled down at Emily, "You're welcome, Emily-chan."

Emily stood on her toes and quickly kissed Lulu on the cheek. When she stepped down, she glanced at Tadase and gave her a quick, but cute smile, and then ran out of the room.

Lulu turned to Tadase and started blushing at the smile he was wearing.

"What?" she pouted.

"Nothing. I just love you," he said and then kissed her to show it.

Yay! I finally finished this chapter! XD

I felt bad that Tadase and Lulu were kind of out of it since they're in France. So I dedicated this chapter to them =).

Hope you all liked it.

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