I don't own Shugo Chara blah blah blah

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I didn't know what to say. Luckily Chunge saved me.

"Rima was trying to find blackmail material round here," she said. Her eyes still never left the videogame. It looked completely natural. "so Rima, did you suceed?" she smirked.

I played along. "I like your baby pictures," I told Nagihiko.

"He has baby pictures of him? Where!?" Kusukusu and Chunge cried.

"On the desk," I pointed. Nagihiko looked at me.

"Don't be so embarrassed," I said. "you actually looked adorable in those picutres," GASP! I DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!!! Shoot. "except for your three and four year old pics, you looked like an idiot with your short hair!" There! A counter.

Nagihiko smiled. "Thanks, that was really nice of you to say," Was that sarcasm? Sneaky words.

"Did your mom make you keep long hair because of your sister?" His face grew dark for a split second. He sweatdropped.

"Unfortunately, yes," How far will he go to keep this secret?! Wait, it wasn't really a lie. It was because of Nadeshiko that he had to have long hair. Hmmm..... it got me thinking. If he answers like that, does he only lie half of the time? I got lost in thoughts again.

"Hey Rima! You're right!" Kusukusu exclaimed. Huh? I snapped back to reality.

"Hehehe Nagi! I have to find time to tease you about this later! Rima, you should join me and Kusukusu later with that," Honestly, since when did they become such great friends? My chara and Purplehead's relative being fast friends while he and I were alo-

DON'T Say THAT.

"You guys are all so mean," he muttered. "Now let's go downstairs and begin Sado," he turned to me. "Rima, are you enjoying the Sado lessons?" Another melting smile. Shoot. Did I ever mention I sometimes watched Kusukusu and Chunge play 'Go Fish' in the corner of the room? I can't say I learned much.

I grumbled. "Whatever," One mood to the next. Agh, hormones. I went downstairs. You know, it's really hard to walk up and down in a kimono at times. Especially one that was too big for me. Something hit me: if Nadeshiko is actually Nagihiko and I'm supposedly wearing Nadeshiko's kimono then-

Oh no. My face burned. I gave a small shriek. "Ahhhhhh!!!" even if it was small, it still was loud enough to shock people. I nearly fell off! My body felt weightless for a moment. Oh no I'm gonna die falling! Then something secured around my waist and pulled me back up.

I realized it was HIS arm. My face grew even hotter. "Rima! Are you okay?!" I got back on my two feet.

"Oh my gosh oh my gosh! LET GO OF ME!" I demanded. My mind was kinda going crazy right now. THAT IDIOT PURPLEHEAD!!! How dare he grab me around my WAIST with his arm. Was I even tall enough for his arm to do that?! Have I really grown that much?! Suddenly, I really miss being short.

Purplehead rolled his eyes. "Your welcome," he said sarcastically.

"Rima are you okay?" My chara asked.

"Seriously," Chunge growled. "What's gives?! You almost gave me a heart attack or something!"

"What?"

"The scream? Hullooo!" I didn't reply. I can't tell her the true reason why right now.

"She almost fell off the stairs of course," Nagi rolled his eyes again. That will work for the moment...

Later while waist grabbing Purplehead was teaching how to stir the tea or whatever Chunge asked again. We were sitting in the back so he wouldn't hear us.

"Don't laugh or anything here," I ordered.

She sighed. "I won't,"

"Well... you know about his secret?"

"Yeah..."

"And the kimono I'm wearing?" Her face lit up. She got the message. Kusukusu began giggling like mad. I saw Chunge stifling a laugh too, and failing miserably. She'd burst wihin seconds! Crap! No no no! Not now! She quickly stood up.

"Where are you going?" Nagihiko asked.

Chunge made her way to the door without turning her back. she had a hand covered behind her mouth. "N-nothin-hehe Nage-hehe hiko. *cough cough* I have an i-itch- heehee in my throat- haha and th-hahaha-t m-means I need some ra-haha-men right n-haha-ow! Ah-haha-em. *cough cough* Excuse me," She made a run to the kitchen. I could hear her cracking up all the way.

I hate to admit, if that wasn't me, I'd be laughing too. Nagihiko raised a brow and looked at me. "What so funny?" My cheeks pinkened again. The other kids started giggling.

Which was actually a very good thing. I chara changed with Kusukusu at once.

"YOU IGNORANT LITTLE KIDS!" I yelled. Scary. My chara change was just as bad as "Prince" Tadase. "HOW DARE YOU LAUGH WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE JOKE'S ABOUT?!"

"Then tell us the joke!" a little girl clapped.

"No!"

"But-"

Nagihiko shushed her. "Shhhh... now now if Rima-chan doesn't want to tell then she doesn't have to. Let's calm down and get back to the lesson okay?" He then diverted his attention on me. "and Rima,"

"What?" I said, annoyed. Kusukusu undid the chara change.

"How about you sit in the front this time? You might learn a bit more up here!"He tapped the floor and grinned. "After all, Chunge already knows all this stuff. You get so distracted, I wouldn't want you to miss any of this,"

EVIL!!!

"I will have to decline your invitation," I blurted flatly.

"Who's the sensei here?" Ugh. Not this trick!

"You!" those little kids cried and pointed to him. Great. he has minions too.

"Don't point so much," he told them. "and Rima, what would you mother say when she hears about your participation level?"

Will you really go THAT LOW???!!! He was threatening to tell my MOM?

I HATE YOU NAGIHIKO!

Reluctantly, I moved up to the front.

------------------After Class----------------------

I found my mom still sitting in the class. Apparently, the adults class was going to stay a few minutes late. Then Ms. traitor Chunge popped up out of nowhere.

"Where were you?!" I hissed. "and I told you not to laugh!"

"I was getting ramen of course," she said. A smug expression crept on her face. "and you told here not to laugh HERE, so I went outside to laugh!"

"Are you kidding me?! I heard you laugh while you were walking to the kitchen!"

"Yeah so?" she shrugged and walked away.

I grumbled. "Hey Rima," Purplehead tapped me on the shoulder.

"What now?"

"Sorry if I was being too harsh," he gave a sad smile. "but you really do need to pay attention here at some point," I glared at him.

"And what are you gonna do about it? Tell my mom?" I hope my sarcasm hurt him there.

"No silly," he gave me a tender smile. "I'm going to make it up to you,"

"Huh?"

"Well, it's your choice whether you want to go or not. I hope it will compromise anyways,"

"What's that?" I still kept throwing daggers from my eyes.

"Well, there's a Culture Festival next week. All of the students in the Sado classes are encouraged to go,"

"If everyone's encouraged then how is this 'compromise'?"

"I wasn't done yet," he told me. "continuing on, my mom knows the guy that runs the place. She got some special access tickets to the festival and gave it to me. If you go I'll give them to you."

"What's so special about the ticket?" I bet it was really something not so 'special' like a front of the line pass to the snack stands or something.

"You get to see all the dance preformers in practicing and getting ready, front of the line access to everything,"

Boring boring and boring.

"and... you'll like this part,"

Oh sure I will...

"you get to see the comedian practices and see some of their raw material in a special screening,"

Okay that part was very attracting.

"Oh really!?" I lost my cool for a moment.

"Yup. You can see it all. So will you go? Don't worry, I won't be around you most of the time if that's what you want," He turned his head and looked away. "I have dance practice," he mumbled. Even better!

"Yeah, I guess I'll go." Hey, this was an offer too good to pass up! Nagihiko sure knows how to apologize. "but I have to get a ride. I know my mom won't let me go if -"

"I'll ask my mom to give you a ride. The day we're going is on Friday so school won't be a problem."

I forgot I was still mad at him. I huffed. "Fine, I'll ask my mom." He giggled.

"What's so funny?"

"Your moods, it's amusing how it changes so quickly!"

Grr.. curse you.

------------------------------At Home-------------------------

"Rima," my mom called.

"Yes Mama?" I walked over to her.

"I've been thinking, you know the mother-daughter time thing? As you can see, we're really not spending any time together."

All the sudden I realized she was right. Sado had an adults and a kids class seperately.

"So Rima, I was wondering whether we should quit Sado and move on to something else where we actually do spend time together."

What?! No! Not now!

"But Mama, I'd like to stay a bit longer, is that okay? Maybe just till summer begins or something," Yeah, now I guess I have to face Nagihiko about 'his secret' sometime soon.

Curses! Why did I just say that?! I have no idea about it. I'll just put this aside for later.

"Why? Is it because it's really fun or is it because of your friends?" Friends? If you mean Chunge or Nagihiko then, okay.. 'friends'.

"Err...friends? And Nagihiko told me he'd give me some special tickets to a culture festival next Friday. Can I go? You can come too. If you don't then Nagi said he'll give me a ride there,"

"I will have to work late on Friday honey,"

"What? Why? It's a Friday! Did I mention there will be comedians there? I totally wanna go see that! It'll be nice if you were there too,"

"Well it's just that adults still work on late sometimes. You can have fun if Chunge or Nagihiko is with you right? I guess I'll let you stay in Sado for a few more months then. I think I see the real reason why you want to stay now," she smiled.

Mama smiled like never before. Wow, she looks so much healthier and younger when she smiles. It was werid. My mom looked a lot older compared to Amu's mom or Mrs. Fujisaki. Fights must really tire you out like that. I caught myself smiling a bit too.

"Thankyou Mama!"

"Sooo..." Mom continued. "it's because of Nagihiko isn't it?"

What?

Kusukusu snickered. "Teeheehee! Rima and Nagi!?"

"MAMA!!!!! NO! IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT!" I began freaking out and my face was flushing like crazy. Since when did my mom ever try to question me about my love life?! She began chuckling. "Mama!!!" I groaned.

"I was just kidding. Why did he give you those tickets in the first place?"

"It was a compromise,"

"Of what?"

"Mom stop being so nosy!" I whined.

She unknowingly snickered alongside Kusukusu. "Young love,"

"MOM! I HEARD THAT! Please Mama!"

"Ok ok, I won't be that nosy again. I promise,"

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(a/n to my (sadly) simple minded little sister: THIS IS RIMA'S POINT OF VIEW, YOU DUMBELL!)

*cough cough* ahem, soo to all you other readers...

whee! finished! i cant wait to write the next chap cuz it's filled with and music, lyrics and an awkward moment or two ! :O (foreshadowing x] )

and testing isn't done yet but I felt like i couldn't wait with this one. ;P hehehe.

did you see in ep 81 that rima and nagi were holding hands? *squee!* xD i can't wait till they actually decide to do away with all the stupid fillers and finally get to some plot advancing stuff. I'm guessing the ultimate Queen's Waltz a.k.a. rimahiko episode (according to the manga so far) will come next fall? stupid fillers. :p

man! chapter 7 already? okay now i'm pretty sure this will go on longer than 10 chapters. *so proud* :D

x3 ~ RnR ? ~ x3

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