A/N: Omfg, I reached 50 reviews! And 3000 views! Guys, I love you all so much! This is the perfect start to a new month D; And I'm introducing a new character ;-)

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"Bitches, hurry up and put those aprons on!" echoed Yamamoto-sensei's voice through the rows of individual kitchen benches situated in the school's own cooking room.

"What the hell is wrong with her?" whispered Amu to Sue. They both were currently in the middle of their cooking class together and were partnered up. Amu decided to initiate contact first, seeing that this little 'green' girl would be her partner for probably the rest of the school semester.

"I don't know, Amu-desu. But she's very mean to girls," Sue replied back with a sweet and cherry voice. The girl seemed to be happy about pretty much everything. And Amu was particularly confused about the new nickname that she had just acquired from Sue but she casually shrugged it off. At least she had made another friend.

"Ooh, Amu-desu! Can you crack the eggs for me? I'm just going to go ask the teacher something," explained Sue as she quickly hovered over to the front of the room where the cooking teacher stood with a relaxed pose.

Amu picked up one of the eggs, inspecting it closely. To be honest, she had never cracked an egg before in her life. Amu wasn't a spoilt rich kid or anything. Her mother did ask her to help with the cooking from time to time but it was always something like "stir the soup" or "prepare the cutlery". It was never "set the oven to blah blah blah" or "crack a few eggs for me". Her mother gave her very simple tasks which Amu always obeyed so she was pretty startled when she found out that she couldn't crack an egg. She face palmed herself before positioning the egg on the edge of the glass bowl. That's what the cooks always did on TV. After taking in a deep breath, she hit the egg on the edge. Unfortunately, she hit it way too hard and the egg pretty much exploded in her palms. Amu shrieked, making a few students around her take a glance. She sent a sarcastic smile and they returned back to their own cooking jobs.

"Oh, how great. It's all messed up now," she said to herself. Amu dumped the cracked egg into the plastic bin beside the kitchen bench and proceeded to getting another one.

"I think ya need help with that."

Amu spun around and came face to face with Rima. She was clad in a yellow checkered apron and to top it off, she finalized the whole outfit with a dazzling smile.

"Yeah, I do. Did you see everything?" she whimpered to her in fear. Amu had officially concluded that she hated cracking eggs! If Sue came any minute now, Amu would be so humiliated. Yes, she did know about the extraordinary cooking skills that the blonde possessed and she didn't want to disappoint her by being a noob cooking partner.

"Here, I'll help you before Sue comes back. I know you don't want to disappoint her," smiled Rima as she strided over to Amu. The beige-haired teenager picked up one of the eggs and started hitting it lightly on the edge of the bowl and let the contents stream out into the concaved section of the dish.

"Who's your partner?" asked Amu while wiping the left-over gists off the flat surface of the counter.

"The annoying Saaya Yamabuki. I was cursed," complained Rima as she fastened her pace. "I don't even know how I ended up being partners with that skank. I swear, she can't cook!"

"Where is she anyways?" Amu took a few glances at Rima's kitchen area, seeing it completely stranded. No one was there at all.

"Probably flirting with the guys from basketball. Check the windows."

Amu darted her eyes to the big outstretched window on the left side of the classroom and indeed, she saw Saaya puckering up her lips to accept a kiss from one of the school's basketball players. Inner Amu felt like puking.

"That's nasty. What happens if he has mouth cancer or something?!" Amu yelped.

"Let's hope he does," laughed Rima as she whisked the eggs.

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"Ah, Amu-desu! Good job with the eggs!" ushered Sue. She had just returned from her long conversation with the teacher and Rima had successfully snuck back to her area without being seen by Sue.

Amu glanced over to her, receiving a wink from Rima. Inside, Amu was really happy. She had actually made friends here at Seiyo and everyone was so nice, well except for Tsukiyomi who was a total pain in the ass. But she still missed her other friends back in California too. Life back there was so wonderful! Nearly every Saturday, the whole gang would either go to the beach or have a huge group party at Yoru's place.

Pretty late to introduce him but Yoru was Amu's boyfriend back in California. Her leaving was so abrupt that she didn't really have time to officially break things off between them. They were definitely both in love and Amu couldn't handle a long distance relationship. She always pondered if he still loved her and thought they were still in a relationship. Of course, Amu still loved Yoru very much and they hadn't really talked ever since she moved to Miami but she missed him badly.

"Amu-desu, let's pour the batter into the cupcake mounds!"

"Sure thing, Sue!" replied Amu while she grabbed herself a pair of thin gloves.

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"I don't know about you but I'm starting to hate this class," whined Rima as she stood next to Amu. They were in the last class of the day which was, unfortunately, PE. Amu noticed Ikuto and Kukai heading over to them, with a bunch of fangirls trailing behind ogling them.

"Did you bring the whole school with you too?" insulted Amu as she crossed her arms across her chest. Kukai replied with a small smile while Ikuto stood there stone-faced.

"I'm sorry Amu but did you want me all to yourself?" purred Ikuto. Oh how he loved teasing her. She was one of the easiest targets to tease out of the whole school and her reactions were just as funny. Ikuto still didn't know why his insults to her were either related to love or sex but that didn't affect him much. He was just caught up in the vicinity of teasing the pinkette.

"In your dreams, Tsukiyomi. I'd rather eat a live snake than be alone with you," retorted Amu as she scoffed. Kukai and Rima, both noticing the peculiar tension, started to slowly drift away from the arguing couple and proceeded over to where Nagihiko was with his partner.

Nagi's partner was Tachibana Misa who was quite popular for her intelligence. She was one of the smartest students at Seiyo and no, she wasn't a geek. With the brains of Einstein, Misa also came with a pretty face. Plenty of guys ogled over her drop-dead gorgeous body and her dazzling grin but she didn't have her sights set on anybody. Both Nagihiko and her were close friends since they both were on the Student Council Committee. Yes, Nagihiko and Misa were vice Student Body presidents.

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"Oh hey guys! Nagi was just telling me a really funny joke!" giggled Misa as she grasped onto Nagihiko's arm for support while clasping her stomach so the laughter coming out of her would stop.

Rima, who had been staring at her feet the whole time, looked up to come in eye contact with Nagihiko. She blushed before gazing back at her feet. She didn't want to look at him in the eye. Why? Why was she so scared? Was it because of their encounter yesterday that now, she had endless butterflies in her stomach? Was it too awkward between them both? Would this end their friendship? These questions kept running through Rima's mind and she didn't want them there. She wanted them gone so that she would be able to casually say 'hi' to him without acting like an agitated alpaca.

Nagihiko was completely confused. Why was she ignoring him? Usually, if she saw him, she would grin so big that her mouth would probably be permanently stretched. Nagihiko missed her cheery presence. He missed her laughter, her smiles and how she would always be happy around him but lately she had been so gloomy and miserable that even he didn't know what to do. Right now, Rima was looking so flustered. Her hair was poking up in different ends and she kept glaring down at her black leather shoes like she wanted to pierce lasers through them. Was their awkward meeting yesterday affecting her? He was so scared that he had made her sad like this. Just a few days ago, she was so content but now, she looked like a person mourning over their dead parents.

"Oh, you must be Rima right?" gushed Misa as she extended a hand out to the emotionless teenager. "I'm Misa~ Nagi's told me so much about you!"

"Yeah I am. Hi." Rima casually accepted the handshake then retrieved her hand back, resting it at her sides. Misa quickly noticed the sad look in her eyes but kept quiet about it.

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A/N: Well, I introduced two characters actually~ Hehe! Misa and Yoru ;-) Misa's an OC ;3 And if you haven't guessed already, there's going to probably be a lot of tension between Misa, Nagihiko and Rima. Can't wait to type it up~ I'm mainly going to focus on RimaHiko for now and then I'll return to Amuto. But the story is still mainly circulating around Amu and Ikuto though. Well, until next time, BYE~