Yes I did it! I finally updated on time, I knew I could do it… So I almost opened up everyone's past, as I'd like to call it, I still have to do Nagi and Rima, and Tadase. It was kind of guessing but I decided I'd do a bit of both in this chapter so I can just get along with the story. Thanks for reviewing TheLightBeforeWeLand, kitkatbarmeow, Ern Estine 13624 and KL


Recap

Saaya-chin may think Yaya is dumb but Yaya is defiantly not! And Yaya thinks you guys now know that too. Wink, wink.

End of Recap


Rima's POV

I was walking down the hallways with Nagi by my side, as usual, when a girl in the corner was whispering to her friends and kept glancing at Nagi only to quickly look away embarrassed.

Her friends started giggling and pushed her in front of us. "U-Uh Gomenasai Fujisaki-san!" She did a small bow and looked up at us -well more like at Nagi she didn't even notice me- with pink and reddish cheeks.

"It's alright Endo-san" Nagi forgave her and was about to walk away with me. "W-Wait! U-Umm could I please speak to you in private" She asked embarrassed.

Nagi glanced over at me and whispered "Will you be alright Rima-chan?" I crossed my arms and glared at him "Of course I will be I'm not a baby, besides I still have Amu" I hissed back at him and walked off towards Amu.

"Ohayou Rima" She greeted me when I walked towards her. I turned back to Nagi with a frown.

Will he be alright? That girl she wanted to confess to him didn't she? What if he'll start dating her and ignore me? …T-That won't be so bad, right? I still have Amu… But why does it feel differently?

Don't get me wrong I love Amu no one could ever replace her as my dear friend, but even though I don't like to admit it I want Nagi to stay by my side no matter what. I never really thought about it sure I know that Nagi has quite some female admirers but I never thought that one of us might starting dating someone and who knows, maybe even get married later.

"Rima are you okay?" I snapped my head towards Amu and nodded. "I'm fine, I was just thinking about something" I explained "Wanna talk about it?". I shook my head "No I'd rather not, but thanks for the offer" I rejected her offer and Amu gave me a understanding look as if she exactly understood what I was feeling, but how could she?

Amu never went through the things I went through. Amu seems to wear her heart on her sleeve, the girl is an open book.

"Alright, but you can always come to Nagi or me if you want to talk about it" I flinched when she said Nagi and she laughed.

"W-What?" I was stunned. "I knew it, it's something about Nagi isn't it?" She grinned all knowingly.

Amu might be an open book but I can't say she isn't clever, she just knows what strings to pull to get people to open up.

Amu's POV

"I feel… Uneasy" She confessed. "And why is that?" Just a bit more, maybe she'll realize.

People always think I'm dense in love. In reality I'm not, love is just an awkward subject. Don't you agree? It makes my palms sweaty and makes me nervous.

I've never been in love before though, well unless you count the occasional crush on a fictional character. I can only imagine what it feels like. Even so, I can easily tell that Rima likes Nagi.

I don't know her reason to feel uneasy though. "B-Because some girl is confessing to N-Nagi right now and I'm scared that i-if they start dating he'll avoid me" She stammered and I smiled.

"How does that make you feel?". Rima looked up at me with wide eyes "It makes me feel angry, sad and lonely… I don't want Nagi to get a girlfriend" She confessed.

"What is this emotion called Amu?". "Jealousy, it's called jealousy Rima. You're jealous because you don't want that girl, whoever 'that girl' may be, to date Nagi" I explained and she looked at me with a puzzled expression as if processing what I just said.

She opened her mouth as about to speak. "Hinamori-san!" A voice said and I looked beside to see.

Uh who is he again? Something with an H… "Hashimoto-san?" …Yeah, something about his dumbfounded expression tells me I'm wrong.

"Sorry I forgot your name" I sheepishly laughed. "Hotori-san" He answered and then it came back to me. "Oh yeah! You're Hotori from the hotel resorts!" I remembered.

"Hinamori-san can I talk to you… In private" He requested looking at Rima, his eyes were pretty much saying that he hoped that Rima wouldn't cling onto me.

"Sure, Rima do you mind?" Rima shook her head with a small 'I don't mind' and I walked along with him down the hallways until we were outside under a nice shady tree.

"So what do you want to tell me?" I raised a brow. "I now know why your name seemed so familiar" My eyes widened.

"Hinamori Amu, daughter of Hinamori Tsumugu and Midori, also heir of the Humpty association, correct?" I took a shaky breath and nodded. "Are you going to blackmail me or something?" I asked, wanting to know what this guy was plotting.

There's no way that he would just bring me here and tell me he knows for sheer pleasure, he obviously wants something.

"Well rather than blackmail I'd say an eye for an eye" He explained much to my confusion. "Huh? What do you mean by that, stop working your way around it and just tell me what you want" I demanded a little impatient, he sighed

"Alright, geez. You see, nobody knows what the heir of the Humpty association looks like, they don't know the name, gender, age. Nobody knows anything about you, it would cause quite an uproar if people knew you were just a teenage girl attending high school. I'm sure everyone would love to know who you really are, and since my father has connections I could easily announce who you are to the press" His words pained me.

What does he want from me? I never asked for this, a simple life was all I ever wanted and here this guy comes and bothers me.

I refuse to let him break me down, I won't give in that easily Hotori. I smiled, a confident and unwavering smile "That's true Hotori-san, but like I said please stop working your way around it. Just tell me what you want" I said the last sentence in a bittersweet voice that even made him flinch slightly.

"Fine" He sighed and sheepishly laughed. "I tried to act all cool and confident but I guess it doesn't really suit me, huh?" He foolishly grinned with a slight blush of embarrassment on his face.

I smiled "You almost actually had me there Hotori-san, but the whole sadistic prince thing doesn't exactly suit you, you're more of a nice and gentle type".

When he said nothing in return I impatiently sighed "You might seem nice but you still want something from me, don't you?".

He looked at me wide-eyed "You are quite intelligent must I admit" He complimented me and I showed him a thankful smile.

"However, please let me explain from the beginning why I wanted you here" I nodded, he sat down under the tree and I joined him awaiting an explanation.

Ikuto's POV

I just reached school grounds, and was finally on time, thank you lord! (A/N Ikuto and I have similar problems… I can never update on time and he can never reach school on time haha!).

"Oh look, are those Hotori-san and Hinamori-san together?" Some girl told her two friends. "Yeah it is! Could they be dating?!" A slightly more noisy friend curiously asked.

"No way, I thought Hinamori-san was dating Ikuto-sama" The third friend confessed causing me to get a little embarrassed. "Well it is true that there was quite a rumor about that when she just transferred here but it turned out they're just friends".

"Yeah but it's no fair how Hinamori-san gets to hang with the top 5 hottest guys" One of them pouted. "Hmm, that's true the only one who I haven't seen her with is Sanjo-san". "Well seeing how's she's so close to the other four it will be no surprise if she has Sanjo-kun wrapped around her finger sooner or later" One of them joked and they all laughed.

"Yeah, but seriously. Do you think Hinamori-san and Hotori-kun are dating?". "Yep definitely! Look at how close they are!" One confessed dreamily.

I felt anger, sadness, loneliness and all sorts of bad feelings spark inside me. Jealousy? Tch, no way! Why would I be jealous?

…I… I'm just concerned about Amu! Yeah that's right! I don't want her to end up being heartbroken.

That's it! That is definitely all! Amu got up and flashed a kind smile towards him.

Pfft no way! They're not dating… They're not right? Dammit I wanna know!

I was about to walk towards Amu when the chime rang. Lemme see what class do I have now? Chemistry damn I don't share that class with her! I'll just confront Amu about it later.

Amu's POV

Hotori-san took a shaky breath before he started "Ever since I was little, people have expected me to walk in my father's footsteps and become owner of all the Hotori hotel resorts. But, that's not what I want. I have a dream, something that I want to do for myself. I don't want to own the hotel resorts." I nodded for him to continue.

"I want to become a doctor I always have. To help people who are sick and fragile and do something helpful for humanity. The problem is, my parents expect me to take over the family business and run hotel resorts all over Asia. They always look so proud and happy when they talk about how when their son is going to grow up that's he's going to do what his father and grandfather did their entire life. How I'm going to take over their masterpiece. It's because of all of the things they say that it becomes more difficult and painful for me to tell them that I don't want to inherit the business" He finished, I patted him on the back in comfort.

"I understand that you are troubled Hotori-san but… What exactly do you want from me?" I asked once more. "I want you to listen and give me advice. It's hard to vent your frustrations when you don't know if you're telling them to the right person. Since I hold your biggest secret I expect you to listen to me and not tell anyone, or else I will tell people who you really are Hinamori Amu" His expression was cold and serious.

"I understand, I will help you Hotori-san" I kindly smiled and left, and as if planned the chime rang.

He really doesn't seem like a bad guy, he's just troubled. I understand, I have to take over the association on day and never in my life have I been asked whether I want to or do not want to do it.

Not that I mind… It's not like I don't mind that my parents are rarely around or ask me how I feel.

Rima's POV

I just came out of the toilet stall and I saw the girl from before in front of the mirror fixing her lip gloss.

"Ah, Mashiro Rima right?" She asked and I nodded, quickly looking away to wash my hands.

"I'm Endo Ayana, nice to meet you" I tried to say something but my words were caught in my throat. "Yeah…" Was the only thing I managed to say. I'm already troubled when it comes to communicating but the fact that she confessed to Nagi doesn't make it any better.

"Do you like Fujisaki-kun?" I suppressed a blush and shook my head. "…So you guys aren't dating?" I shook my head again.

"Then, would you please stay away from him?" My eyes widened in surprise. "Since you guys aren't dating I would prefer it if you didn't get near him. You see I really like him and I want to go out with him but he says he can't because he won't be able to spend time with you, which is necessary. But it's unfair, isn't it? Nagi has to look out for you and can't properly date anyone because of that. Aren't you just a bother?" She left my surprised.

I never thought about it that way… I never in my entire life thought as myself as a bother to Nagi. I was so selfish I didn't realize that he probably also wants a girlfriend and has someone he likes.

But I don't really want Nagi to like someone. Ugh here I go being selfish again.

I… I don't want to be a bother to him and I don't want him to hate me either. "Well I think I made my point" Endo-san left the bathroom.

Why? Why does it bother me so much? I don't get it. I don't want him to avoid me or hate me… But why? Because you like him.

Eh? Who said that? That voice in my head… You like him dummy! Not as in friends but as in you really like him.

Huh? I like Nagi?

Ikuto's POV

The chime rang and I followed Amu. "Amu! Yo Amu!" I exclaimed, she turned around and waved. "Hey Ikuto, what's up?".

I scratched the back of my head "Oh, nothing much". "Just spit it out Ikuto" Amu sighed and I chuckled.

"Alright I was just wondering". "Yes…?". Oh come on Ikuto just spit it out! It's just one simple question. But what if she says yes? What if it's true? I kind of don't want to hear the answer.

Ah this is so frustrating! Forget it I'll just ask her. "Are you dating Hotori?" Amu seemed a bit confused. "Hm? I'm not dating anyone?"

I'm a lot more relieved than I thought I would be. It feels as if a whole burden has just been taken of my shoulders.

"Why did you wanna know?". Oh crap, here comes the awkward question. "I-It's because people kept spreading rumors about it since they saw you together and I just wanted to know if it was true" Amu looked at me skeptically.

She doesn't believe me, well honestly neither do I. "Yeah, okay" She rolled her eyes but didn't ask any more questions, which I mentally thank her for.

Well I couldn't tell her that I don't want her to date anyone. What gives me the right to tell her who she can and cannot date to begin with?

My heart is beating really fast for some reason…


Yay Rimahiko! Ikuto sure is slow how can you not have figured out already that you like her?! Sigh, I just feel so content knowing that I actually updated on time. I'm just sitting behind my computer like a total creep grinning haha! So didn't really talk about Rima and Nagihiko's past. I just didn´t find any reason to mention. Perhaps in the next chapter? Review please.