Sakurai: Hey all you people!
Kazuki: Hey! Long time no read!
Amu: *Runs up and gives Sakurai a hug* Sakurai!
Ikuto: Hey, What's up?
Sakurai: Not much. I just learned that Snooki is going to have a baby.
Kazuki: Who's Snooki?
Sakurai: Oh, she's this trashy girl on a TV show called Jersey Shore.
Kazuki: I have a feeling that you don't like her.
Sakurai: NOOO! Hate is a better word to use.
Ikuto: So you just learned about her baby now?
Sakurai: Yeah! I heard she's due on December 21, 2012.
Ikuto: So the Mayan's were right about Armageddon…
Sakurai: Okay! Joking aside (P.S. disclaimer on Snooki, just in case) let's get to this story!
Amu: Hurray!
Kazuki: Woohoo!
Sakurai: Oh yeah! I don't own Shugo Chara or any other characters. Time for the story!
Amu's PoV
"OWWW! HOTTTT!" I screamed as I touched the just-out-of-the-oven cookie pan in my Home EC classroom. "Spaz." Rima said as she took the pan I threw on the counter and moved it away with an oven mitt.
"Come over here." Utau called. "Put your hand under some running water." I walked over to her and she turned on the sink. Cool water was coming out the faucet and I eagerly stuck my hand under it. I sighed in relief as the running liquid soothed the throbbing burn. "Wanna go to the nurse?" Utau offered, handing me an ice cube from the freezer. "Sure."
We got to the office only to find that she wasn't there. "Must be helping with some medical emergency somewhere else in the school." Utau commented, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. She made me sit on the bed while she put some aloe based medicine on my hand and began massaging it in gently. "So how's life Amu?" She asked nonchalantly.
"Not really," I shrugged.
"How's Ikuto? Are you two dating yet?" She stood up and started rummaging through the cabinets. I felt the heat quickly rise to my face in embarrassment.
"W-what are y-you tal-talking about?" We aren't d-dating!" I stuttered at her. She looked at me and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, come on! I see the way you two look at each other. It's LOOOOVVEEE!" Utau fell it a fit of giggles while I sat on the bed glaring at her angrily.
"We. Are. Not. Dating!" I yelled.
"Fine, fine." She said. "Okay. I found two bandages; you can either have the yucky brown one or the pink one."
"Ugh, definitely not the pink one. I hate pink." She shrugged and placed the pink bandage back in the cabinet. She walked over to me and started wrapping the brown bandage around by burnt hand.
"If you hate pink so much, then why is your room still pink?"
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"Why don't we repaint it?"
"I'm not so sure about that."
Then the bell signaling the end of the day rang. "Yay!" Utau said stretching. "Time to go hoommmee!"
We grabbed our bags and met Rima by the lockers. She handed me a bag containing some of the cookies we made in Home EC. "We hanging at your house?" Rima asked, tossing some books into her bag. "Yeah."
Ikuto met us with his friend, Kairi, at the front gate. We all walked to my house, joked, played games, and had a generally good time. Kairi, we learned, was a very nice person.
"Ring ring ring ring ring."
"Whose cell is that?" Ikuto asked.
"Oh, sorry." Kairi apologized as he picked up the cell and excused himself to the next room. We heard faint traces of his conversation, but were too involved with our card game to care.
He returned a few moments later and began to gather his things. "Sorry," he said. "I forgot that I had a date today."
"Yaya?" Ikuto asked, not looking up from his hand of cards.
"Yeah." Kairi walked towards the door and left with a slight wave and a smile. "Nice meeting you guys." He said cheerfully.
As soon as he left Rima sighed and slumped into her seat. "I want a boyfriend." She said dramatically. I raised an eyebrow at her.
"What brought on this sudden development? You're the last person I expected to say that."
"I don't know." She answered. "I guess I just get a little jealous being around you and Ikuto all the time."
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE NOT DATING?"
"Whatever. I still want a boyfriend."
"Me too." Utau agreed.
"I have a couple of friends who are single." Ikuto said, placing one of his cards on the table and picking up another. "Want me to introduce you to them?"
"Will you?" Rima asked him hopefully.
"Sure." He shrugged and placed a card on the table.
Rima's PoV
I glanced at Utau above my handful of playing cards. So she felt the same as me? Lonely and single. I sure hope Ikuto's friends aren't total dorks.
~A few days later~
Utau's PoV
My mouth was so wide open that, I'm sure people could see all the way down my throat and into my stomach. I mean, really, what did I expect to happen? Of course Ikuto's friends would be totally gorgeous!
In front of me were two of the hottest creatures I have EVER seen. One with dark brown hair and chocolate eyes that made me want to melt and one with black hair and several earrings.
"Wanna grab something to eat?" Mr. Chocolate Eyes asked us. We nodded and found a McDonalds. (Do not own)
I slid into a booth with Mr. Chocolate Eyes and Rima and Mr. Earrings sat across from us. I was bubbling with happiness and excitement inside. I can't help it! I think I'm in LOVE!
We all got burgers and started talking about life. Mr. Chocolate Eyes kept glancing in my direction and my heart fluttered each time. This was going great!
A phone rang. "That's me." Mr. Chocolate Eyes said, sliding out of the booth. "Be right back." He excused himself and stood outside the door of the McDonalds and talked to whoever interrupted our date.
I sipped on my soda and turned back to listen to Rima and Mr. Earrings's conversation. They were talking about some comedy duo and seemed to be getting along well. "You guys almost ready to go?" He asked us.
"Sure." I answered. "Let me as Kaito (Mr. Chocolate Eyes's real mane) if he's done with his food." I slipped out of the booth and skipped up to the door. I walked outside and picked up bits of his conversation.
"Gimme like 5 minutes man. We're gonna ditch these chicks n meet ya at Mai's house. Yeah, ya got the drinks? Alright, later."
Heat rose to my face as he hung up the phone. I was shaking with anger as I pushed through the door, grabbed Rima and my purse, and announced that we were leaving. Mr. Earrings look surprised, but not at all disappointed.
I dragged Rima past Mr. Chocolate eyes and out the door. I walked quickly, not caring about who I bumped into or about the ugly expression I had on my face. I didn't stop until we reached my house.
I slammed my bedroom door behind us and threw my purse on the chair. Rima lowered herself onto my bed and let out an exasperated sigh.
"Okay. Spill." She said, crossing her arms.
I sighed and sat on the bed next to her. I briefly told her about what I had overheard.
"Why must all guys be jerks?" She exclaimed in frustration.
"I don't know! It's not like we're dorks or anything."
"I know right!"
"I do know one thing though. As soon as Ikuto gets home, he's in serious trouble."
I lay on the bed and stared at the posters on my ceiling. There were over a dozen of them, all showing cool boy bands, actors, and singers. Rima lay down next to me and looked at them also.
"Why can't real guys be more like those guys?" She asked with a sad sigh. "Cool and charming."
"Yeah." I said with a bitter laugh. "Cool and charming."
"Not to mention chivalrous."
"And hot!"
We glanced at each other and fell into a fit of giggles. All of my anger melted away and was replaced by laughter. Eventually we settled down and continued to stare at the ceiling in silence.
"Wanna go shopping?" I asked and Rima nodded enthusiastically.
A half hour later we were at Loloa's Boutique scanning the racks of shirts and dresses.
"How about this one?" Rima asked, holding a light pink top. Then her eyes went wide and she dove behind a rack of tank tops, dragging me behind her. She stared through the shirts and out the window. I followed her gaze past a green sequined top and my eyes widened in response.
"That's Amu and Ikuto!" I exclaimed, my eyes following my best friend and my brother outside the window. "Are they on a date?"
They went out of view and around a corner. Rima and I threw down whatever clothes we were holding and rushed out the door. We crept up to the corner of the building and peered around it.
I spotted them at a street vendor, looking at some scarves. Ikuto pulled his phone out of his pocket and told Amu something. They started moving again.
As they walked, Rima and I followed, crouching behind hot dog carts and parked cars, earning a few weird looks from passers-by.
The two walked into a knick-knack shop and we slipped in behind them, busying ourselves by looking intently at a picture of a man on a horse, secretly watching our friends out of the corners of our eyes.
While they were laughing at a pair of penguin-shaped salt and pepper shakers, I tried to creep closer. I stubbed my toe on a miscellaneous bird bath and accidentally called out, "Oww!"
Panicked, I ducked behind an American flag table. Amu turned around, scanning the store for whatever made the noise.
Amu's PoV
I turned around, but saw nothing but knick-knacks. "What's wrong?" Ikuto asked, placing the funny-shaped fork back on the tray.
"Nothing." I said, shaking my head and turning around to face him again.
We moved out of the store and back onto the street. The hairs on the back of my neck prickled and I turned around, expecting someone to be there. For the thousandth time today, I saw no one there.
"Why are you so jumpy today?" Ikuto asked, stopping to buy some roasted nuts from a vendor.
"I don't know." I admitted. "I just keep thinking that someone is following us."
Utau's PoV
I was getting more and more curious as to why they were together and why Rima and I hadn't known about it.
We followed them a little farther before hatching a plan.
"Why don't we run up a little farther than them on the street and casually "bump" into them while we're shopping?" Rima suggested.
We sprinted past them while their backs were turned and stopped, breathless, a few stores away.
Amu's PoV
I felt a gust of wind, as though someone were running past me, and turn again to see who it was. Again, it was no one. God, Ikuto must think I'm so weird!
We past a few random stores as we walked before a familiar voice stopped us.
"Amu? Ikuto?" They asked. "No way! It is you!" I whirled around to see wide-smiling Rima and Utau facing me.
"H-hey guys." I greeted, surprised to see them. "Strange running into you. What'cha doin?"
"Nothin much." Rima shrugged. "What are you guys doing?"
"Looking for a present for my mom's birthday." Ikuto said, looking at him phone. "I would have gone with Utau, but I thought you two were on that date."
Utau's PoV
I mentally slapped myself. Why hadn't I guessed that! She's my mom too! I should have known. I played it off by laughing casually, but I felt pretty stupid for thinking that it was anything else.
"Oh, yeah." Amu said. "What happened with that date? I thought you two would still be out with them."
"The two guys Ikuto set us up with were total jerks." Rima responded, glaring at Ikuto.
Ikuto's PoV
The icy glare Rima was giving me sent shivers down my spine.
"Hehe… sorry about that. Kaito and Shun can be a bit, umm, rude sometimes."
"Rude!" Rima said, her voice rising with every word. "Rude! They were more than rude! They didn't even want to be near us! They made plans to ditch us the second we met!"
"Guys?" Amu interrupted with a nervous laugh. "We're attracting a bit of a crowd. Do you wanna go to my house."
Amu's PoV
I looked between Rima and Iktuo, hoping they would comply with my request. A few people were staring at our group, anticipating the fight that would surely come next.
"Sure." Rima said with a sigh, releasing her glare on Ikuto and slumping her shoulders a bit.
"Whatever." Ikuto said and we all started walking towards my place, Utau and I standing in between Rima and Ikuto, trying to keep them as far away from each other as possible.
I let out a long sigh. Why can't everyone just get along?
Sakurai: Tada! All done!
Rima: That's it?
Utau: Yeah! I thought we were supposed to get boyfriends in this chapter!
Sakurai: Sorry! I had a bit of writers block!
Rima: But you made this chapter all about Ikuto and Amu again!
Sakurai: Well… this story is about them…
Utau: Are we not important enough?
Rima: Yeah! Are we not interesting enough for you!
Sakurai: Wait! I never said that!
Rima: *pulls out a gun* get her!
Utau and Rima: RAAAWWRRR!
Sakurai: HEELLLPPPP! READ AND REVIEEEEWWWW!
Kazuki: See you in the next chapter!
Utau: Give us boyfriends!
Sakurai: Leave me alone!
