(A/N: Sorry for not updating for so long Here's chapter four! Please review! I do not own Shugo Chara.)

Chapter 4

"Amu! The ladies are here!" Midori called up, excitedly. Amu walked down the stairs. She was wearing a short black and pink dress with a gray belt around the waist.

It was the night of the bridal shower. All of the guys had been kicked out of the house, which meant no Aruto or Ikuto until the shower was over.

"Midori-chan!" Amu heard lots of her mother's friends squeal out her mom's name.

Amu then saw Rima and Yaya, who were followed by their moms.

"Rima! Yaya!" Amu called with a smile.

"Hey, Amu-chi!" Yaya exclaimed.

"Amu!" Rima called back. Amu ran up and gave her friends big hugs.

That's when the blonde friend of Ikuto's walked inside, followed by a woman with long blonde hair, probably her mother.

"Hello, Hinamori-san," the woman said to Midori. "I'm Hoshina Souko and this is my daughter Utau. Utau's close friends with Ikuto-kun."

"Ah! Welcome!" Midori said with a wide smile. "Oh, Utau-san, Amu is over there with her friends." Midori pointed to where Amu was with Rima and Yaya by the staircase. "Amu, Honey, why don't you take the girls upstairs to your room? We'll call you down for dinner, okay?"

"Sure, Mom," Amu said. "Come on guys!" Amu looked over to the girl, Utau. Her gaze was cool, but she still followed them up to Amu's room.

"Amu-chi! No fair, no fair! Your room is so much more bigger than Yaya's!" Yaya whined, when they entered her room.

"Nice room, Amu," Rima commented.

Utau lingered at the doorway. Then she walked in.

"Hey, Utau-chi!" Yaya said with a smile.

"Yeah. Hi," Utau said, looking away. Amu sighed. She obviously didn't want to be there.

"Are any more teens coming?" Rima asked. Utau was about to sit down, when she saw a picture on Amu's wall and stopped to look at it. Amu tried to see which one it was. She then realized it was one of her and Kukai. Utau looked at that picture for a few more moments before she went over to them and sat with them. Amu questioned that small scene but decided to let it go.

"I don't know. I guess that depends if the women that my mom invited have daughters, and if they do, they bring them—"

"My cousins El and Il are coming," Utau commented. "I don't know when though."

Amu smiled. "Are they nice?"

Utau shrugged. "Il isn't really the nice sort, but you can grow to like her. El is somewhat of a goody-two-shoes so I guess she's nice, just she can be annoying. Then again…" Utau looked at Amu, her eyes slightly narrowed. "Just about everyone annoys me in some way or another."

"You're friends with Ikuto-san, right?" Rima said, changing the subject.

"Yes."

"What's he like? Is he nice? Will he be a nice big brother to Amu-chi?" Yaya asked.

Utau shrugged. "Ikuto has many different sides to him. How should I know how good of a brother he's going to be?"

There was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Come in!" Amu said.

She heard murmurs from the other side of the door and then she heard someone yell. "Dammit, El, she said 'come in!'" The door swung open and two girls walked in. One girl had red eyes and short purple hair. She smiled at them, but her smile looked more menacing than anything else. The other girl had long golden-blonde hair and was frowning slightly at the other girl.

"Il, it's rude to just barge in!" the blonde girl said.

"I told you she said to come in!" the girl with the purple hair said. She looked at the group. "Hey, Utau!" she greeted with a smile. "Your mom said you were up here."

"Il. El," Utau nodded.

Il smiled at the others. "I'm Il, and this is my dimwitted sister El. Which of you is Amu?"

"Il! Don't just call her Amu! Use honorifics! It will make you seem more polite and friendlier and it will avoid future conflict."

Il rolled her eyes. "For someone who hates conflict you sure make a lot of conflict with me, sis."

Amu stood up and walked to them and put out her hand. "I'm Amu. It's okay if you just use my first name, I don't mind."

Amu saw Utau raise her eyebrow, but she didn't know why.

"See, El? Ha! She doesn't even care, goody-goody!"

El pouted. "Stop it, Il! You're so mean!"

"I'm Rima," Rima said, introducing herself.

"And I'm Yaya!" Yaya said with a wide smile.

"We're friends of Amu's," Rima said.

"That must be great! Can I be you're friend too?" El said with a wide grin.

"El," Utau said, warningly. El pouted again. "Il, do you know who else is coming?"

"Nah, maybe some little kids or something."

"Utau, is Temari coming?" El asked.

"Who's Temari?" Amu asked.

"She's Nagihiko's younger sister and she's friends with El," Utau said.

"That means she actually put up with El," Il said. "Which is something you have to admire in her."

"Nagihiko was that friend of Ikuto's, right?" Rima said softly.

"Yeah," Utau said. "But not the boy with the glasses-"

"I know which boy he is," Rima said quicker than she should've. Everyone stared at her. "What?"

El smiled wide. "Is someone in love?" she said.

"Oh God, El, not again," Il said, smacking her forehead.

Rima was blushing violently. "No I'm not! I just know who he is, that's all!"

"So how much do you know about him? When did you two meet? Have you talked to him at all? How much do you like him? Is it a like like or a like like or a love or a love love or a love love—?"

"I hardly know what any of that means!" Rima said defensively. "I don't even have a crush on him! I hardly know him!" Her face was bright red.

"You don't have to know someone for a long time to fall in love!" El stated. "You could've just met and fallen deeply in love!"

"Stop it!" Rima yelled. "I'm not in love with him! Stop talking!"

"I can arrange a date for you! I'll talk to Temari and she can ask Nagihiko what he thinks about you and I can get all the important information for you from him—"

"Shut up!" Rima demanded, her face a tomato.

"Like what kind of music he likes, and his favorite food, and his favorite color and his favorite laundry detergent—"

"El," Utau said. She was standing up and glared down at El. "That's enough."

El looked down shamefully and stayed quiet.

"Thank God," Il said with a sly grin. "She shut up!"

"Il, I've had enough of you too," Utau glared. Il quickly shut up as well.

There was suddenly a knock on the door. It opened and Midori's smiling face looked at the children. "It's dinner time!"

The rest of the bridal shower went by quickly. After dinner, they had cake and watched Midori open presents. After that, they sort of just mingled and the grownups had more champagne and wine. Then it was time for everyone to go home and for Aruto and Ikuto to come back.

Amu gave her two best friends big hugs. "Bye guys."

"Bye Amu-chi," Yaya said.

"Bye Amu," Rima whispered.

Amu also said good bye to El and Il and Utau, although Utau just nodded back.

Utau scowled at the floor of her car. Of course she'd have pictures of him in her room. And it wasn't just of him alone, it was of him with Amu. Kukai and Amu, even together in a picture… it made her upset. Nagihiko would be happy to know the blonde he had a small crush on him, although she wasn't completely sure if she should even tell Nagihiko, but knowing El, El would probably tell Temari who would probably tell Nagihiko.

"How do you like Amu, sweetie? Is she nice?" Souko asked.

"Yeah Mom. She's great," Utau said.

"Well that's good," her mom said with a gentle smile.

Utau sighed and leaned her head against the window. He probably thinks she's great, she thought. He probably thinks she's perfect.

Midori smiled as she cleaned up the kitchen. Amu put the remaining dishes in the dishwasher.

"Aruto and Ikuto-kun should be back any minute now. Honey, would you mind finishing up the dishes? I need to go upstairs for a moment."

"Okay Mom," Amu agreed.

As Amu put away the last dish, she heard the door open.

"We're home!" the deep voice of Aruto called throughout the house.

"Welcome back!" she heard her mother call back.

Amu yawned and was about to turn to close the dishwasher when two strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind. Amu would've jumped, but the arms kept her down. She was pulled so that her back met a chest. She didn't even have to turn to know who it was.

"Ikuto!" she hissed. "You scared me!"

Ikuto relaxed his head on her shoulder. "So how was the shower?"

Amu wormed her way out of Ikuto's embrace and looked at him. He was wearing a casual gray t-shirt and ripped jeans. "It was fine."

"Did you miss me?"

"No!"

Ikuto frowned. "But I missed you."

Amu's cheeks turned red. "W-wha—" Ikuto then started laughing. "JERK!"

"Sorry, but it's so fun to tease you, Amu," Ikuto said with a smile.

"Bite me."

"That can be arranged…," Ikuto said softly, but loud enough for her to hear.

Amu's eyes widened and stared at him, disgusted and slightly fearful. "What?"

He laughed again. "Joking, I was joking."

Amu rolled her eyes, her face still bright red. "W-whatever." Amu turned and walked towards the door of the kitchen when she felt him grab her hand and pull her towards him. He spun her around so that she was facing him and he dipped her down, placing his hand on her back to keep her up. He looked deep into her eyes. She looked up at him, her eyes wide, her face growing redder and redder.

He smiled at her. "I'm glad… to be back…" He then stood her back up and slowly left the kitchen. Before he turned the corner, he looked back at her and smiled. "Good night, Amu."

He then left. Amu slid down the wall so that she was sitting, propped up against the wall. "Good night… Ikuto," she whispered.

(A/N: Sorry, this was one of my short chapters Next chapter will be longer It won't take so long to update the next chapter )