Jennifer:… 4 months. Hahaha…time goes by when you're smothered in assignments and tests that you've procrastinated till the day before it was due before you started to study them. Ha. My excuse is the same as always. School school school. Fun fun fun, note my sarcasm. I also may or may not have decided to start writing this other story since I've had a crappy writers block for this one and sadly, I'm probably going to end this fanfic in a few more chapters because I suck haha T_T please don't hate me. I was thinking of actually giving up on this story but then I remembered my determination to not do that HAHAHAHA so you'll just have to deal with my very very long updates (sorry about that, honestly, I'm a real douchebag). Also not pleasant things have happened recently that I've been trying to come to terms with so I apologise for the short chapter and the crappy writing, I haven't really proofread it yet but I thought I should just post it so that you guys don't think I've disappeared or something, but I'm guessing most of the readers that have read this have due to my stupid not updating for 4 months thing hahah again I truly apologise for my crappiness and I hope you guys have been doing well in your lives. Anyway, enough about me, here's the chappie (omfg can't believe I just said that)

~Amu's POV~

I woke up to the delightful feeling of masculine arms wrapped around my waist, and a very firm chest against my back.

I snuggled into the very comfortable position, getting ready to fall asleep again before my eyes snapped open.

Who the fuck was spooning me?

I groaned, squinting when my eyes got the pleasure of meeting the very bright sun.

"Oh shit," I muttered, sitting up and sadly dismantling myself from the figure besides me. Memories of last night-or very early in the morning- came flooding back to me, a small smile making its way to my face before I could stop it. I glanced at Ikuto, admiring the way his dishevelled hair fell in front of his face, and his even breathing make him look so peaceful.

And ridiculously hot.

I looked at my watch.

6:00am

Crap that gave us approximately half an hour to get back to our tents so we wouldn't get in trouble.

I leaned down, a few inches away from Ikuto's face.

He was in for a special surprise when he opened his eyes.

"Ikuto, come on we got to get up. Teachers will probably kill us if they see us out here," I whispered.

I was not prepared for what happened next.

Ikuto muttered something incoherent, obviously still asleep, before his arm shot out and wrapped his arm around me, pulling me effectively against his solid chest.

My heart fluttered at the action.

Man, he was going to get a big surprise when he woke up.

~Ikuto's POV~

"Ooh, I could totally get used to this," a voice murmured, slowly stirring me up from my sleep. I groaned, wrapping my arm tighter around the object, pulling it closer to my chest. It felt so comfortable in this position, making me instantly start to drift off again.

"Yeah, I can absolutely get used to this,"

I froze, my body becoming rigid.

"Are you starting to wake up now?" the same voice said, making my eyes snap open and coming face to face with Amu. I glanced down at my hands to find them securely wrapped around her.

I immediately withdrew them, a hint of a blush slowly starting to creep up my neck.

"Shit, sorry, I didn't me- I wasn't tryi-" I blubbered, trying to come up with a plausible reason for my actions.

"It's fine, I quite enjoyed it actually," Amu smirked winking at me. "You can do that to me anytime,"

I grunted in annoyance, sitting up and rubbing my eyes tiredly. "What time is it?"

"6:09,"

"Thanks for being specific,"

"So I feel as though we should get back to our tents before any teachers see us," she said, standing up.

I got up as well, stretching my back and nodded. "Sounds like a plan,"

As I blinked, events of yesterday hit me like a tonne of bricks.

Amu must have seen my face as she smirked and starting walking backwards, to the tents. "See you later, my dearest first kisser,"

And with that, she was gone.

Irritation seeped through my veins.

But somehow there was also a sense of pride in there.

I mean, come on, who gets the chance to kiss one of the hottest girls in highschool – even though I was only a kid then.

I snuck back into the tent and was surprised to find the boys sitting up and staring at me, a smirk on each of their faces. I froze.

"Uh hey, what you doing up so early?"

"I think we should be asking you that," Kukai said, a grin making its way to his face.

I laughed nervously. "I just went out to the bathroom,"

"That's funny, considering you've been gone for four hours," Kairi said happily.

"And how exactly do you know that?" I asked, my eye twitching.

"…no particular reason,"

I folded my arms, a smirk appearing on my face. "Kairi, is there something you'd like to tell us?"

He shrivelled back, his face tinging into a nice pink shade. "Nope not at all, I think we should go back to the topic of yo-"

"What did you do?" Nagi groaned.

"…I may have had a midnight snack,"

Kukai's eyes narrowed. "And what exactly is a midnight snack to you?"

Kairi's head sank lower into his chest. "…a whole bag of marshmallows…and maybe half a block of chocolate,"

I burst out laughing, clapping my hands. "Dude, I'm not even mad, that's kind of amazing,"

His head snapped up, a bashful grin appearing. "Really?"

I nodded, grinning as I went and sat down at my sleeping bag. "It really is a wonder why you don't have diabetes,"

"Hey! But I also saw you take the other bag of marshmallows, you little buttface"

I froze, giving him a sheepish grin. "Yeah, uh sorry about that,"

Kairi pouted. "You better buy me a pack later,"

"Yeah I will," I promised, inwardly breathing a sigh of relief that he didn't attack me.

"Anyway, so what were you actually doing up?" Kukai asked, his eyes holding a sort of curiosity.

I shrugged. "Couldn't really sleep so I walked around for a bit,"

"…For four hours?"

I gave a sheepish smile, scratching my head. "I like walking?"

"Mhmm,"

They didn't press about it anymore, which I was very grateful for. We started packing up our sleeping bags and tent since this was our last day at the camp site. Then afterwards, we went and had outside to have breakfast.

"Hellooooo great kisser!" Amu yelled at the top of her lungs, the moment I was 10 metres away from her.

I gritted my teeth and continued walking.

"If people were wondering who I was talking to, I was talking to Ikuto," she said again, smirking when I sent her a murderous glare.

"So that's what you were doing for four hours," Kukai said, grinning and patting my back. "You go man,"

"Dude, no. I did not do that,"

He raised an eyebrow. "So you didn't make out with a totally hot chick for four hours?"

I sighed. "No apparently, when we were younger, we kissed,"

"…I repeat, so you didn't make out with a sexy lady for a good four hours?"

"Yes, I did not make out with anybody during those four hours,"

"Huh, well that's certainly a little lame,"

I rolled my eyes, shoving him hard in the shoulder. "Sometimes, I find it hard to figure out why we're friends,"

He grinned at me before shoving back and walking off without another word. I followed him slowly, not wanting to greet the group and explain what Amu had meant.

"So, the two of you got busy last night huh?" Utau said, wiggling her eyebrows at me and Amu. I sighed and sent Amu a look.

The look was supposed to signify that I was going give her hell for this but she didn't seem to get it.

"Well, if you really want to know what happened…," Amu said trailing off, looping her arm through mine. She sent me a sultry look before giving a big smirk to the rest of the group. "We got pretty close, if you know what I mean,"

I rolled my eyes. "Liar,"

"Am not,"

I quirked an eyebrow.

"Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating. But we did kiss,"

The group oohed.

"Yeah, when we were young,"

"Man, you always have to suck the fun out of everything," Amu said pouting.

"I thrive off giving you misery,"

"And I live off making your life awesome,"

"Yeah? And how do you do that?"

She winked at me. "Well since I'm in it, it automatically makes your life awesome,"

"No. You give me a headache,"

"An awesome headache,"

"Yaya, they're doing it again," Kairi whispered, making Amu and I stop our conversation.

"I can see that Kairi," Yaya muttered back.

"They do it way too often," Utau murmured to Kukai.

"Yeah, I sort of feel a like I'm invading their privacy," Kukai said taking a small step away from us.

"I think it's cute," Rima said to Nagi who just grunted in agreement.

"Guys, we can hear you, you know?" I mumbled. "What are you even talking about anyway?"

"Well…the two of you sort of do this thing where you start bickering towards each other and then BAM, it's like the rest of us aren't even here anymore," Kukai explained.

My left eye twitched. "That isn't true,"

"Ha that's like saying Kairi doesn't like lollies," Utau joked.

Kairi nodded his head furiously. "Yeah, it's a complete lie,"

I sighed and glanced at Amu. "Do you believe this?"

Amu shrugged. "Well you do always tend to talk to me and me alone,"

"….are you serious? Isn't it the other way round?"

"Fine, okay be that way. Geez Ikuto you always have to offend my precious feelings," Amu sulked.

"Hey! Don't make that face, I know what you're trying to do,"

Amu pouted. "What am I trying to do Ikuto? What. Am. I. Trying. To. Do?"

"You make that stupid face which makes everyone feel sorry for you and agree to whatever you say,"

"What face?"

I narrowed me eyes at her. "You know what face. The one where your lips turn all pouty and your eyes go all big like a puppy begging for food,"

"Aww, I didn't know you were so into me Ikuto," Amu said in mock bashfulness.

I felt my cheeks tinge slightly as I glared at her. "Stop doing that,"

She fluttered her eyes at me. "Stop doing what?"

"You're practically twisting my words,"

"….And they're at it again," Kukai sighed before slapping me hard on the head. I winced, rubbing the injury and sending him look.

"Dude, not cool,"

~Normal POV~

"Alright class! Please get your stuff and start boarding the bus. We leave in ten minutes. Make sure you don't forget anything because we aren't coming back here," the teacher announced.

"Dibs sitting next to Ikuto!" Amu yelled, looping her arms through mine.

"Go ahead, no one wants him anyway," Kukai teased. Ikuto shot him a glare.

"Guess that means you're my partner again," Utau grinned, sidling up next to him.

"What? Nah, sorry, I'm going to go with Nagi or Kairi," Kukai said. He looked at Kairi who was bouncing up and down whilst talking animatedly to Yaya who was doing her best to keep up with the conversation. "Uhh…maybe I'll just go with Nagi,"

Just as he said that, Nagihiko looked their way.

"What?"

"Oh, I was just telling Utau that I was gonna go and be your bus buddy,"

"No way in hell,"

Kukai frowned. "And why not, man?"

"Tch, cause you're annoying,"

"Hey! I mean I understand if you say that about Kairi but me? Come on, I'm such a cool guy,"

Nagi blinked at him. "Yeah. Not sitting next to you,"

"Who you going to sit with then?"

Nagihiko shrugged, placing an arm casually around Rima who was looking at the campfire. "My peasant,"

Rima looked up, shaking her head out of her daze. "Say what now?"

"Heh, you responded," Nagi snickered.

Rima tilted her head to look up at him. "To what?"

~Nagi's POV~

...Woah, she's sort of cute. Kind of.

Okay, really cute. Whatever.

She blinked at me with her big eyes. Why does she have to have such a chibi looking face?

"Nagi?" she asked softly.

"Uh yeah?"

"Am I sitting next to you on the bus?"

I nodded, trying not to be mesmerised by how adorable her face was.

She smiled at me, resulting in getting the air sucked out of my lungs.

"Cool," she said happily before frowning slightly. I jumped when I felt her hand touch my cheek.

"You okay? Your face is a little red,"

I nodded stiffly, and turned away. My cheek felt cold from the loss of contact.

I growled inwardly. What the actual fuck was wrong with me?

"Oh well, I'll meet you on the bus then Nagi," Rima said sweetly giving me a little wave before walking off.

I nodded at her before turning around and walking back to where the rest of the guys were. The girls had gone to pack up.

"Man, that was like a cheesy rom-com come to life," Ikuto commented. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Oh cause your thing with Amu isn't one of those cliché love stories," I retorted.

That seemed to clamp his mouth shut.

"Geez Ikuto, you're such a pushover," Kukai snorted.

My glare was then directed to Kukai. "Like you can talk,"

Kukai squared his shoulders, trying to act tough. "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"I think you know what that means,"

"Maybe you should clarify, mate"

"Utau,"

Kukai waved his hands as if it was nothing but his shoulders were tense. "Yeah, what about her?"

"Come on dude, you have the hots for her," Ikuto said rolling his eyes.

"W-what, where would you get that notion from?!" Kukai said, trying to keep his voice firm.

"Sort of obvious with the way you always compete with each other, isn't it?" Ikuto said looking at me for agreement. I nodded.

"Okay l-let's just calm down guys," Kairi said cheerfully.

"No I don't have the hots for anyone," Kukai denied.

"Stubborn little prick aren't you?" Ikuto said laughing good-naturedly.

"I'll admit I have feelings for Utau when you admit you have them for Amu," he said. Then he looked at me. "And when Nagi admits he's got feelings for Rima and when Kairi admits he has feelings for Yaya,"

"Hey! Don't bring me into this," Kairi whined.

"Too late now," Kukai muttered. He looked at me, daring me to back down.

I wanted to punch the smug bastard.

I straightened myself up and gave him a bored look. "Whatever man, I'm going to go on the bus now,"

I started to walk towards the vehicle, stopping when he said the next words.

"Coward,"

I turned back slowly, anger bubbling inside of me.

"What did you call me?" I said in a low voice.

"Kukai, chill. Don't do anything rash," Ikuto said firmly, nudging Kukai in the shoulder.

"I said you're a fucking coward," Kukai said louder this time, ignoring Ikuto's statement entirely.

"Nagi, you don't have to reply to this. Be the better man and just let it go. Maybe we should just go off and calm down for a while," Kairi offered hopefully. I ignored him.

"You little hypocrite," I muttered darkly to Kukai, walking up to him. "Why do you have to stick your nose into business that doesn't concern you?"

"Why do you have to go make assumptions about things you have no clue about?"

I narrowed my eyes. "Clarify what you mean by that,"

"You have such a cold personality. How would a person like you understand what love is? You aren't an affectionate guy,"

"Dude, enough," Ikuto said.

I gritted my teeth.

You know when I said I wanted to punch the smug bastard?

Well, I decided to punch the smug bastard.

Kukai stumbled slightly before glaring at me and tackling me to the ground.

~Normal POV~

"Oi, stop you douchebags," Ikuto yelled trying to unsuccessfully pull Kukai off Nagihiko. Unfortunately that resulted in Nagihiko landing a punch on Ikuto's jaw.

The consequence of this was Ikuto deciding to join the fight.

And this also made Kairi decided to join in the fight.

"Stop being a stubborn prick and just admit it," Kukai growled, punching Nagihiko in the gut.

"Oof, well I'm not the one who's just plain out lying to himself, am I?" Nagi retorted, managing to get a few punches at Kukai's face.

"Ugh guys stop fucking fighting, it's not going to resolve anything now is it?" Ikuto muttered, still trying to pull Kukai off.

"Well you have a crush on Amu and you're just a wuss by not wanting to bang a really hot girl," Kukai spat out. He widened his eyes. "Wait man, sorry that was too far-"

"Don't talk about her like that," Ikuto said in a low voice, pulling Kukai off Nagihiko and shoving him hard in the shoulder before doing a roundhouse kick to Kukai's face. He landed on his butt, groaning slightly.

Nagihiko then decided it was a good time to tackle Ikuto whilst Kairi started to attack Kukai.

"Hey! What was that for?" Ikuto groaned, barely managing to dodge one of Nagihiko's punches.

"You agreed with Kukai about Rima,"

"Oi why are you hitting me Kairi? Just cause you have the hots for Yaya-" Kukai said, unable to finish as Kairi punched him.

"Why do you have to be suck a prick sometimes?" Kairi yelled.

And then the boys started bickering again, effectively fighting one another until a teacher finally decided to break them up.

"Boys. Boys, enough!" the teacher called out sternly, getting some other students to help break it up.

The four stood, all bruised and battered. They glared at each other, panting hard. A crowd had formed as they awaited what the teacher was going to say.

"Now I don't know what happened to you idiots but I honestly can't be stuffed to deal with you all this instant. This trip was supposed to reward you stupid brats for working so hard. So just get on the bus and solve your stupid problems and I won't punish you," he said sternly.

The class tried not to look at him in surprise. Sometimes, this teacher was way too laid back.

The boys trudged slowly onto the bus, wincing every now and then as they managed to slowly get to their seats.

~Rima's POV~

"What happened?" I gasped as Nagihiko slumped into the seat beside me. I flinched when I saw his injuries.

"Got in a fight,"

"With who?"

"Kukai, Ikuto and Kairi,"

"What? Why?"

Nagihiko leaned back, wincing slightly as he shut his eyes in pain. "Don't want to talk about it,"

I nodded before gently touching one of his bruises.

"This looks bad," I whispered, inching closer to his face to get a better look at it.

He opened one eye and I tried not to react as my heart started thumping in my chest. A blush blossomed on my face as he looked at me wordlessly.

I quickly sat properly in my seat. "Anything I can do?"

He remained silent for a bit.

"…Maybe you could let me listen to your music again?" he asked somewhat shyly. I bit back a smile as I took an earphone and placed it in his ear.

"Thanks," he muttered. I leaned on his shoulder, trying to ignore the butterflies that erupted in my stomach.

"You're welcome," I said quietly.

~Yaya's POV~

I heard a shuffle beside me as someone set down.

Then a groan which made me look up from the book I had been reading.

"Kairi!" I yelped, pushing my glasses up. "What on earth happened to you?"

"Got in a fight," he mumbled. He pouted at me. "Yaya make me feel better,"

My heart nervously thundered in my chest. "H-how?"

"I dunno,"

I sighed. "Very helpful Kairi. Does it hurt?"

He nodded and rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Yeah and I'm super tired,"

I bit my lip. "You should sleep then,"

"I would but I can't get very comfortable sitting upright like this," he muttered grumpily, shutting his eyes. I bit my lip harder, considering whether or not to voice a solution I had come up with.

I folded my jacket until it formed a substitute for a pillow and placed it on my lap. Then I pulled up the arm rest between us and glanced at him again.

"P-place your head on my lap," I ordered. I winced, that came out harsher than I meant it to be. "I-I mean if you want to…,"

Kairi opened his eyes slowly and glanced at me, his eyes unreadable. I could feel a blush creep up my neck as I quickly turned to stare out the window.

"If you don't want to, don't worry," I muttered, once he hadn't responded for a good 30 seconds. I started to pull the arm rest down again before I felt his arm grab mine gingerly.

"Thanks," he murmured.

I felt a weight on my lap as I stared down to see Kairi wordlessly get into a comfortable position.

I could feel my heart beating faster at the close proximity between the two of us. I stared at my hands, unsure where to put them.

Before I knew what I was doing, I was threading my fingers through his hair, causing my heart to spaz erratically at the contact. Kairi didn't say anything, which I was very thankful for and before I knew it, I could feel myself slowly start to drift off as I shut my eyes tiredly.

~Utau's POV~

"Ooh, get into a fight did you?" I teased, looking up to see a very battered Kukai. He glared at me as he got into his seat.

"Yeah,"

My eyes widened. "Wait, seriously? I thought you just had a really nasty fall,"

He nodded.

"What the hell happened?"

"Kairi, Nagi and Ikuto were being dicks,"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Okay fine, maybe I was being the dick," he sighed.

"Serves you right then," I said whacking him in the arm. He winced.

"Oh shit sorry," I said sheepishly, gently rubbing the spot I hit him. "So what was it about?"

He glared darkly at the spot in front of him. "Nothing,"

"Can't have been nothing considering you guys are practically like brothers because you're so tight," I reasoned.

"They made accusations, I made accusations and it got messy," he muttered.

"Who started it?"

"Nagihiko…after I sort of insulted him numerous times," he groaned and ran his hand through his already messy hair. "Man I'm such a douchebag,"

"Agreed, you should probably apologise to them later," I advised.

"Yeah,"

I played with a strand of my hair and glanced at him worriedly.

"What Utau?"

I blinked. "Huh?"

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

I shrugged and gave him a teasing look of disapproval. "Well your mood is quite frankly dampening my fantastic mood,"

He raised his eyebrows. "Oh, I'm sorry. I did not realise,"

"Woah there was a lot of sarcasm in that tone,"

"Really? I didn't notice," he said in the same tone.

I let out a laugh and nudges his shoulder gently. "Come on, cheer up, you're not that much of a douchebag,"

"Gee, thanks,"

I grinned at him. "No seriously, everyone's at least a little douche,"

"Are you?" he asked, his eyebrows still raised.

I flicked my hair dramatically over my shoulder. "What, me? No, I'm perfect,"

He chuckled and shook his head. "Oh Utau, what am I going to do with you?"

My heart let out a little spaz attack at the statement and his downright manly laugh.

…okay, so he was hot. I'm not gonna lie.

But he's a good friend of mine and I'm not going to think of him in any other manner.

I snuck a peek at him and my heart fluttered in disagreement, completely ignoring my previous statement.

I sighed, maybe it was just a physical attraction?

"Thanks for cheering me up a little Uta," Kukai said with a small smile, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I could feel a blush form on my cheeks as my stomach clenched.

Okay. Maybe not just his physical physique.

"Anytime," I said returning his smile.

~Amu's POV~

"Woahh shit, what happened Ikuto?" I demanded, sitting up alert as I watched a bruised Ikuto sit down in his seat.

"Nagi, Kukai. Fight," he managed to say, wincing as he tried to get into a comfortable position.

"Why are you all battered up then?"

"Tried to break it up,"

I blinked. "Are you sure about that?"

He let out a frustrated sigh. "Okay so I tried to break them up but then the two assholes riled me up so I had to join in,"

I gave him a look.

"…Alright I didn't have to join in but they got me mad so I ended up wanting to join in anyway,"

I frowned. "You're a pretty chill guy though, what did they say to make you want to punch them in their pretty little heads?"

I saw him clench his jaw before shrugging his shoulders. "Nothing,"

"Sure,"

He sighed ruffling his hair, clearly annoyed with himself. "He just made a mean comment about someone I care about,"

"I see,"

"Sorry, I don't mean to sound rude or anything," Ikuto muttered. "I'm just thoroughly confused with my actions,"

I shrugged. "Eh it's fine, as long as you're alright,"

"Yeah no I'm fine,"

I nodded. "Yes. I'd totally believe that if it weren't for your arm that's bleeding quite erratically for one that size,"

He glanced down and frowned. "Oh, I didn't even notice that,"

He then proceeded to plug in his earphones and shut his eyes.

"Um…Ikuto?"

He slowly opened an eye. "Yes?"

"You going to do anything about that?"

"Eh, it'll heal," he said. I tried to stop my eye from twitching.

Was this chill behaviour due to his loss of blood or something, why the hell was he so relaxed?

I could feel irritation start to build up as I started to dig through my bag.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"No, shh, shut up, let me find something,"

Finally locating the item, I turned to face him and smirked.

"….A Band-Aid?"

I nodded.

"Thanks," he said. "Sorry I just realised that the sight of blood might make you feel uneasy. I'm sorry for not noticing sooner,"

I rolled my eyes. "No, I'm perfectly fine with blood. I just don't want it to get infected or anything,"

He stayed quiet for a bit before giving me a smile and reaching out for it but me being the very sly girl I am, I pulled it back out of his reach.

"Amu?" he said confused. I smirked.

"I get to put it on you,"

"But that's not necessary, it's not like I'm so injured that I can't do anything myself,"

"Yeah but it's my Band-Aid so my rules," I said. I leaned closer to him and gave him a sultry look. "Think of this as me being your very own personal nurse,"

His visible gulp made my smirk widen. "No I'm good. You know what, I don't even need the Band-Aid at all,"

"Oh don't be silly Ikuto," I murmured. I progressed by ripping off the paper on the Band-aid- with my teeth, keeping my eyes trained on his.

~Ikuto POV~

I sighed. "Amu, stop procrastinating and just place the stupid Band-Aid on,"

I tried not to show how hot I thought that was.

Cause it was fuckin smoking.

"You always take the fun out of everything,"

I leaned forward quickly, gently tucking a stray strand of hair behind Amu's ear, my hand lingering on her cheek. "Yeah, you know me, I suck the fun out of everything,"

I returned back to my original position, satisfied when I heard Amu's breath catch in her throat.

"Woah, who knew a chunky guy like you would have some pretty charming moves" Amu said, recovering quickly, though not quick enough.

I smiled. "I have a few up my sleeve,"

So I think the blood loss may be affecting my behaviour. This wasn't really like me at all.

"Can't wait to discover every single one of them,"

I laughed before wincing slightly. Amu must have noticed because she started tending to the cut on my cheek.

Surprisingly she was quite good at it and very gentle as well.

"I feel as though I'm going to look a little stupid with this on my face," I said pointing to the fluoro pink Band-Aid she had placed on me.

"I think it looks cute," she concluded, her face still close as she inspected her finished product. "And a little hot,"

"Of course you'd say that," I said rolling my eyes. She let out a small laugh before snuggling up to me and resting her head on my shoulder.

"Does it hurt if I just lay my head here?"

Her tone was astonishingly soft.

And incredibly cute.

My heart started beating faster and I inhaled deeply, trying to regain control of my composure.

Bad idea.

Inhaling deeply resulting in me smelling the faint scent of her shampoo which was the smell of strawberries. Typical.

"It's fine go ahead," I murmured, my eyes closing on their own as tiredness consumed me.

Then everything went dark as I drifted off to sleep.

I woke up a few hours later, surprised to find we had just about arrived at our destination. I looked at Amu and nudged her gently.

"Hey, we're here," I murmured nudging her slightly. She stirred slightly and muttered some incoherent things but remained asleep.

I tried to bite back a smile. She was really adorable like this.

"Amu, come on, we gotta get off soon," I tried again, nudging her slightly. She gripped me tighter.

"Amu don't wanna," she mumbled, nuzzling herself into my arm.

I let out a chuckle. "Never knew that when you woke up, you act like a five year old. Sound a little like Kairi but cuter,"

I froze.

"You think I'm cute?" she said suddenly siting straight, a wicked gleam in her eye.

"Alright if you're going to act this way every time I compliment you then I'm just going to stop entirely," I said rolling my eyes.

"Okay okay sorry, but now I'm expecting at least six forms of flattery a day from you," she said happily.

"You already get enough from your silly fan club,"

She pouted. "Yeah but it's different when it's you,"

I blinked and then stared at her, surprised to see her body tense up the moment those words left her mouth.

~Amu's POV~

Oh, shit.

~Normal POV~

Before Ikuto could ask her to explain what she meant by that, the teacher instructed the class that it was time to get off the bus. Ikuto felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to face who it was.

"Hey man, sorry about what I said," Kukai muttered, looking down on the floor.

"It's all good, sorry about kicking you in the face," Ikuto said, giving him a reluctant smile. "Didn't kick you too hard, did I?"

"Pfft, barely even touched me," Kukai said grinning even though there was a hug mark on his face from the injury Ikuto put on him.

"Woah, you did that to his face?" Amu said impressed.

Kukai nodded. "Yeah he was pretty swift with his moves,"

"That is so hot Ikuto," Amu said to him.

"Sometimes I just can't put up with all the shit you guys say," Ikuto said rolling his eyes and getting up and moving out. He gestured to Amu the exit of the bus. "Ladies first,"

"Ugh and you have this gentlemanly aura about you, such a turn on Ikuto,"

"Just get off,"

She obeyed but not without giving him a sexy wink before sauntering off. Ikuto turned to face Kukai.

"What?" Kukai asked raising an eyebrow.

"Didn't I say, ladies first?" Ikuto teased, waiting patiently.

Kukai couldn't help but grin, an instant wave of relief flowing through him when Ikuto grinned back.

The moment they got off the bus, they were ushered off into a group so the teacher could talk to them.

"Alright you annoying little buggers, I'm going to say this once and once alone. You can choose your hotel rooms with the maximum of four people. Boys, girls it doesn't really matter- actually wait, no, it does matter. Boys go with boys, girls go with girls. I always gotta be careful with all of you horny little rabbits," the teacher said, muttering the last sentence more to himself.

"Sir what if we're gay?" a student yelled out.

"Oh crap, I completely forgot about that. Okay you know what? I don't even care anymore, if you guys want to go and have sex at least be safe," he gave a look to the girls. "Unless you want to end up pregnant,"

Then they were ushered off to do whatever they wanted for the remainder of the week.

"Ikuto Ikuto Ikuto, let's share a room together!" a girl squealed, running up to hug his arm. He jumped at the sudden contact.

"Uh no-"

"No Ikuto, you should go with me," another girl said, sending him a flirty wink. "We can have a lot more fun, if you know what I mean,"

Ikuto gulped before taking a step away from the two of them…only to be bombarded with another girl who hugged his chest tightly.

"No don't go with those sluts, share a room with me," she whined.

"Woah, girls, let's just calm down, yeah?" he said, untangling himself from the young lady.

"Yeah, sorry gals but he's with me," a voice said, an arm snaking around his waist. Ikuto's eye twitched as he slowly looked down to his left shoulder to see Amu's head laying there.

The rest of the girls pouted. "That's so not fair. You get all the boys Amu!"

"I don't get all the boys, I just want this one. You guys can have the rest, I promise," Amu said.

The other girls squealed in delight before running off to find other boys.

Amu smirked at him. "You're welcome,"

Ikuto blinked. "I didn't even say anything,"

"Yeah but you were thinking it,"

Ikuto rolled his eyes. "I wasn't thinking of thanking you, I could've easily handle that myself,"

"Sure you could've,"

"What's that supposed to mean Amu?"

She sighed. "Ikuto, you're hot as fuck but you are way way way to nice,"

Ikuto blinked. "What?"

"Seriously? If I had to rate you out of 10, one being a mean as and 10 being the nicest guy on earth, I'd give you an 11,"

"I'm not nice," Ikuto protested.

"Well you're nicer than any guy I know and trust me, I know a lot of men. Now, you sort of owe me for saving your cute little tushie back there,"

Ikuto blinked. "I cannot believe you just said tushie,"

Amu smirked. "I wanted to experiment a little,"

Ikuto laughed.

"Whatever Amu, okay what do I owe you?"

"Well…I dunno, you could…maybe let me share room with you?" she said twirling her hair seductively.

"No. Absolutely not,"

"Why?" Amu whined, tugging his shirt. "I promise it'll be a lot of fun, if you know what I mean"

"No thanks, I'm good,"

"Come on Ikuto, I promise I won't do anything to you while you sleep,"

"I never said you were going to do anything to me in my sleep…now I'm definitely not sharing a room with you,"

"Awww, come on Ikuto, it'll be awesome if we shared a room," Amu begged.

Then she made the face.

You know that face your friend makes where their eyes go wide and their face looks so damn adorable that you agree to whatever they want?

Well. That was the face.

Ikuto slapped his hands over his eyes, his cheeks tinging pink. "Far out Amu, you can't do that every time you want something,"

"Pretty pretty please Ikuto?" she said. "I won't stop making this face until you say yes,"

He sighed. "How about we get joint rooms? One for you girls and the other for us guys. I'll leave it unlocked so you can waltz in whenever you like. Except no crawling into my bed in the middle of the night,"

"Agreed!" Amu yelled, before jumping onto Ikuto to give him a koala hug. Ikuto barely even budged, already suspecting that she'd do something like that. His arms automatically came up to wrap them around her waist.

"Woah, what's up you too?" Utau asked, tapping Ikuto on the shoulder. Ikuto turned his head to face her.

"Amu made that face, so now we're getting conjoint rooms," he explained. "As long as that's okay with you and the others,"

Utau shrugged. "Yeah, that's fine,"

She gave a mock look of disapproval to Amu who was snuggling herself happily into Ikuto's neck.

"Amu, I've told you a million times that you can't make that face every time you want something," Utau said, amusement clear in her tone.

"That's what I said!" Ikuto muttered.

"But it's so effective," Amu said before making the face again. "Don't you think it's effective?"

Utau's eyes widened before covered her face with her hands. "Amu! Stop it,"

"Stop what?" she teased.

"What are you guys doing?" Kukai muttered coming up along Utau. The blonde haired girl quickly slapped her other hand over Kukai's eyes.

"Woah, what the heck?!"

"Amu's making the face,"

"Oh, I see. Thanks,"

"Why are you all covering your eyes?" Nagihiko asked, his tone blunt, Rima walking gracefully beside him.

"Amu's making the face,"

Nagihiko calmly placed his hand over Rima's eyes.

"Aw thanks Nagi!" Rima said happily. She frowned slightly. "But do you need to cover your eyes?"

"Eh, doesn't affect me," he said shrugging.

"Guys, come on. Stop being ridiculous. I've stopped making the face," Amu said.

"No she hasn't," Nagi said bluntly.

"Nagi, come on, you could have at least tried to lie for me,"

"Hey! Whatcha all doin?" Kairi said bounding excitedly towards them, dragging Yaya slightly behind him. He glanced at Amu and his eyes gleamed with excitement. "Oooh! You're making the face! I want to make the face,"

"Don't you dare," Yaya said sternly.

Kairi's shoulders sagged. "Fine,"

"Oh by the way, the girls are gonna have joint room with us," Ikuto said slowly removing his hand from his eyes after ensuring that Amu had stopped making the face.

"Heh, you're such a pushover," Kukai muttered which earned him a punch in the shoulder via Ikuto.

"Right? That's what I said," Amu said.

"I'm right here you know?" Ikuto said flatly.

"And he's sometimes really sensitive," Utau piped up, ignoring Ikuto's statement completely.

"Yeah!" Kairi agreed.

"Sometimes he's like that grumpy cat who hates everything," Rima offered. Everyone (besides Ikuto) murmured in agreement.

Ikuto sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"You guys suck," he muttered, starting to walk away from them to get his luggage. Amu followed him immediately, snuggling up to his arm and chatting animatedly, ignoring the glare he sent her.

Yeah, the next three days were going to be absolutely delightful for dear Ikuto.

Jennifer: haha again, not really happy with this chapter (but I never really am satisfied with any of the ones I put up) but I hope it was sort of decent for you beautiful readers out there. Feel free to comment on how much you hate it, or any ideas you'd like me to write about, if there was something you liked or something you wanted to see more of, or even just to talk about your day hahaha honestly you can do it, it'd make me really happy anyway, stay safe you beautiful gorgeous people and I hope you have a lovely day xx