Chapter 4! Yay! I'm so happy :D I'll be able to update a bit faster because my schoolwork is lessening x) MAYBE but after this chapter, I'm working on Twilight and the sequel to Love is Painful. Yes, I'm writing a sequel. Where are your cheers and thanks? XD I'm sorry to those people who didn't want a sequel but I hope that you will still read it even though you didn't want a sequel.
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Also, I was SO stupid that when it said if I wanted to save, I said no and Microsoft word exited by itself. I didn't know because I pressed something and then it said if I wanted to save or not but I pressed no because it might do something bad to my chapter so I said no and look what happened!! All my data disappeared!!! Wah!!! I typed a lot too…now I have to retype it trying to remember what I wrote…. But I think it's good to start over and improve my beginning :)
Oh! Did anyone see episode 57 of Shugo Chara? There's a raw version and subbed version subbed by Hatsuyuki-Suspeedia. Chibi it working on episode 56 but suspeedia already did episode 56. It's pretty good but I think I prefer Chibi. No offense :D Anyways, DID YOU GUYS SEE TADASE IN HIS SKIRT???!!! That was hilarious!!!! XD (no offense to Tadamu fans or anyone else! It's just funny xD)
Enough of my rant, enjoy chapter 3!!
X-x-Flashback of Chapter 3-x-X
"We were very happy to work with you today! Just call me Satoru," the manager introduced as he shook each of our hands. We then shook hands with the boy group. I was glaring at Kukai because I was still mad about him "accidentally" revealing that we were at their concert. I do not want to associate with any of these members. The blond haired boy gave me a charming smile causing me to blush. I shook Ikuto's hand firmly wanting to break his hand. And to no one's surprise, he was smirking.
"Ok, girls, I would like to announce some good news! Satoru and I decided for you two groups to work together to make an album."
Oh hell.
X-x-End of Flashback-x-X
Socializing
Amu's POV
8:00 p.m; same day
"I can't she did that!!" I yelled furiously slamming my tote bag on the ground.
"Chill Amu. She's still going to do it," Rima said. "Besides, I think it's going to be interesting."
"Over my dead body!" I shouted.
"Amu-chi! You should be excited! I can't wait to work with them! It's going to be so much fun!"
"I think it's going to be a great experience, Amu-chan," Nadeshiko added.
"I'm okay with it," Utau said.
"Argh!" I fumed waving my arms and messing my hair up.
"Anyways, get over it because we are going to watch Iori-chan on TV!" Yaya exclaimed.
My hands stopped. "Eh?"
"Don't you remember? Iori-san told us that they will display the results of the poll since so many people are anxious to see what happens," Utau explained. She muttered something under her breath. "Idiot"?
"Get popcorn, Amu-chi! We're going to party!"
"Hai, hai, does anyone else need anything?"
"Drinks. Duh," Utau said.
"That goes without saying," I said.
"Candy too! Yaya loves candy!!" Yaya declared in third person.
"Coming right up," I said going to the kitchen.
After I got the food and drinks ready, I headed towards the living room. I placed the tray with the food on the glass table and sat down on the couch with all my other friends. Yaya immediately grabbed a handful of popcorn and began throwing popcorn in her mouth. I giggled. I turned towards the TV and it seems it was comedy act. I look towards Rima and sure enough, Rima was looking intently and laughing quietly from time to time.
"Enjoying their gags, Rima?"
"They're ok I guess," she shrugged. I knew she was excited and happy inside.
We joked around until it was around 9:00.
"Guys, shush! The results are going to be told any minute now!" Yaya said turning up the volume of the TV. There was Iori and Satoru, the other group's manager.
"As many of you know, there was a survey about the groups, Midnight Mystery and Catching Hearts. It was to see what the fans thought which member of Catching Hearts would go with a member of Midnight Mystery. Many people were at the CD signing today. Not only were the poll at that store today, it was at many, many electronic stores as well. Satoru," she gestured towards him. "and I decided to display the results of the pairings you fans picked. We are displaying a few of the most popular choices. Here they are!"
All of us inched closer towards the TV anxious to see the score. My mouth gaped at the result.
Result:
Tadase x Amu: 45 percent
Ikuto x Amu: 44 percent
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Utau x Ikuto: 60 percent
Utau x Kukai: 33 percent
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Rima x Nagihiko: 70 percent
Rima x Tadase: 25 percent
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Nadeshiko x Kairi: 50 percent
Nadeshiko x Tadase: 29 percent
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Yaya x Kukai: 50 percent
Yaya x Kairi: 30 percent
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"Thank you very much for telling us your ideas and point of views. Some people also wrote notes on the card they placed in the ballot box. Some wanted Ikuto-san with Amu-chan but also wanted Utau-chan with Ikuto-san. They also wrote that it was a tough decision but they managed. I'm sure it was hard!" Iori said. "Thank you very much for watching this and we'll be right back." A commercial replaced the happy face of Iori.
"Amu-chi's a playgirl!"
"Yaya!" I yelled embarrassingly with my face as red as a cherry.
"Who knew people had trouble pairing Amu up with a guy?" Rima said.
"Shut up you two!" I shouted. "Who is happy with their results?"
"I'm okay with it I guess but I don't think either boy is right for me," Nadeshiko confided.
"I can't really say anything about it because you can't judge a book by its cover," Rima said.
"Yaya doesn't like either of them! Though that Kukai boy looks likes a jock to me." Yaya said.
"What about you, Utau?" I asked.
"..."
"Oi!!" I yelled trying to get Utau's attention.
She finally snapped out of it. "Huh—what?"
"You feeling ok?" I asked worriedly.
"Fine," she answered briefly. I gave her a suspicious look but decided to let it past.
"Who wants to play a game??" Yaya asked loudly breaking the silence from before.
"Me!" We shouted.
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"Did you see last night, girls?" Iori asked us.
"Pssh, yea. Amu-chi fit with a lot of guys in the group, Midnight Mystery!!"
"That's what the fans said too. A lot of people paired Amu up with Ikuto-san, Tadase-san, Kukai-san, Nagihiko-san, and Kairi-san as well."
"That many?!" Yaya exclaimed.
I sighed. "It's just a poll, Yaya. None of these guys are my type really." Except for one. He looks like he's the one for me. My prince. Hotori Tadase.
I looked around me and noticed Utau was gone. "Where's Utau?"
"She said she was getting something and that she'll be right back," Iori explained. Utau's been acting really strange lately…
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Utau's POV
"Hey, Ikuto."
"Hey," he greeted back.
"Did you watch what Iori-san said last night?"
"Sure did." He was leaning on a chair against a table.
"Happy with your results?" I asked.
The chair landed back on the ground with a loud thud. "Can't say I'm happy and can't say I'm sad. I can't believe that people thought that Tadase was better with Amu than me. And by a freakin' one percent!"
I laughed. "Iori-san did say that it was because you looked good with me so people chose Tadase with Amu and you with me." I raised my head and gazed at the ceiling.
"Are you happy with the results?" he asked quietly. I suddenly found a design on the ceiling to be very interesting. I traced the swirls on the ceiling in my mind suddenly fascinated by the design.
"Are you?" he repeated. I brought my head down.
"Can't say I'm sad. I do like you—"
"But that can't happen," he interrupted.
I nodded understandingly. "I know…I know…" I whispered. I walked over to the door.
"I have to go now or they'll be suspicious of me leaving all the time. See you later Ikuto." I walked out into the hallway and headed for the room Iori and the girls were in.
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Amu's POV
Utau finally arrived. I waved her over to sit with me.
"Where have you been?" I mouthed.
"It's nothing," she mouthed back. I pouted. Stubborn, isn't she?
"Now that everyone is assembled, I would like to discuss what we are doing. Today is more of a social activity. We will first pair you up with the person that the fans thought you were most suited with. In this case, Amu-chan is with Tadase-san; Rima-chan with Nagihiko-san; Utau-chan with Ikuto-san; Yaya-chan with Kukai-san; Nadeshiko with Kairi-san. I would like you to learn something from them individually and then after an hour, we'll put in another room with you girls and the boys. Have fun!" Iori explained. We all nodded.
We all walked to our assigned places. However, we were split up in different directions of the building. When I reached my room, Iori spoke.
"Go on in, Amu-chan."
I did as I was told. I opened the door and found the blonde-haired boy sitting politely on a couch with coffee in front of him and another cup which I assumed was mine.
The door slammed behind me. I whirled around and turned the knob but couldn't open the door.
"Have fun!" I heard Iori shout. What the hell?! I didn't hear about this! It's like being a prisoner in my record company. I sighed.
"Would you like to sit down?" I heard a high, not too high, voice ask. I spun around slowly.
"Sure," I answered. I took my time walking and then sat down on the couch. The couch looked comfortable but how can I be comfortable with this stranger in front of me?!
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Hotori Tadase." He stuck out his hand. I shook it firmly.
"Pleasure. It's Hinamori Amu, Hotori-san."
"Call me Tadase."
"Alright, Tadase-kun. Call me Amu." I smiled. He gave me a dazzling smile making me melt in my seat.
"Ok, Amu-chan," he said. "What got you interested in music?"
You know this isn't so bad. I smiled to myself. "When I was 6…"
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Rima's POV
Damn Iori…she didn't have to lock me up! Us up. Ugh. Here I am sitting across from a purple haired guy that looks like a girl.
"Hello. I'm Fujisaki Nagihiko. It's nice to meet you." He held out his hand for a hand shake.
"Mashiro Rima," I replied ignoring his hand. I sipped my tea as he withdrew his hand.
"You're bracelet is really pretty, Mashiro-san."
"Why aren't you the complimenter…" I muttered. He sweatdropped.
"Did I do something wrong to make you hate me?"
I kept on drinking my tea. I heard him sigh. The TV then flickered to life. I peeked at it. A comedy show showing little kids performing in front of an audience. They did a trick making the audience and Fujisaki to laugh. (A/N: You know, I never heard Rima once say Nagihiko's first name.)
"Wasn't that funny, Mashiro-san?" he asked.
I glared at all making him flinch back. "That was horrible. When they fell, it was so fake. They are complete amateurs." I declared with a fiery aura.
"Could it be that you like…gags?" he inquired. My eyes widened. Just perfect.
"No," I said bluntly. He laughed.
"What's so funny?" I demanded.
"It's just that you look really cute when you're mad," he complimented making my cheeks warm.
"Sure you do," I murmured sarcastically.
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30 minutes into everyone's conversations
Yaya's POV
"What sports have you been playing?"
"Sports, basketball, skateboarding, you name it." He flashed a grin towards me.
"That's so cool!" This guy isn't so bad after all. He's really cool and fun to talk to.
"What hobbies do you do, Yaya?" Kukai asked.
"Ballet," I answered. "and eating sweets."
He burst out laughing. "That's interesting. Can you perform for me?"
"No way. There's no room in here and it's embarrassing. Maybe some other time."
"Fine. How long have you been friends with the other girls?"
"We met in elementary school and…"
We kept on chatting nonstop.
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Beginning of conversation
Nadeshiko's POV
"Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Fujisaki Nadeshiko. Pleased to meet you," I said as my hand stuck out.
He gripped my hand briefly. "Kairi Sanjou. Pleased to know you as well."
"So Sanjou-kun, how long have you been friends with the other boys?"
"Years," he hastily replied.
"I see. You must be great friends with them."
"I guess."
This is awkward. I can't think of anything to say!
"What hobbies do you do?"
"I practice fighting."
"Really?" Now I'm intrigued. "Can you tell me how your practice is like?"
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Utau's POV
Who knew Iori-san would lock us up?
"Your manager sure is cruel," Ikuto said.
"She's not like that. She just wants us to communicate and get to know each other."
"We don't really need to do this because I've known you since you were born."
"Deal with it. I rather talk with someone else."
He raised en eyebrow. "Oh? Who would've thought that the Utau would reject a chance to talk to me for an hour?"
I glared at him. "Shut up. I can talk to you whenever I want to."
"Not really. With everything that's been going on, we've been seeing each other less and less. But since your manager and my manager joined our groups for one album, you'll be seeing me more often. Happy?"
"I guess," I confessed.
"So who knows about us?"
"My manager and your manager obviously. Amu is suspicious though."
"I see," he said.
"Can't I—"
"No," he broke off.
"They're going to find out sooner or later," I said.
"I know," he agitatedly said.
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After the hour
Amu's POV
I laughed out loud tears streaming down my face.
"Oh wait! Listen to this!" I said. "I still remember it. In sixth grade, this kid in my computers class said something so stupid but funny. We had to complete a questionnaire with a partner and when he went up to the room, his partner asked him what his favorite activity was in computers. Do you know what he said? 'Swinging around in my chair'! Another was what he hated about the computer and he said, 'the keyboard'!" I burst out laughing with Tadase-kun. (A/N: Sorry if that joke was lame.)
"Ha ha! That's so funny, Amu-chan! You have an interesting life."
"Not really…" I said. "Pretty plain to me."
"I'm sure an event has changed your life in a huge way." I became silent. The door then opened.
"Time's up! Please follow me," Iori said. Tadase-kun and I stood up.
"Let's go," he said. I nodded following suit. There was an event that changed my life completely. Completely.
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Iori locked my group and the other group up in a room. Oh great. But I should look to the bright side.
"Let's all introduce ourselves first! We'll go around the room starting with me. I'm Yuiki Yaya."
"Souma Kukai. Nice to meet you!"
"Fujisaki Nagihiko. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Mashiro Rima."
"…Hoshina Utau."
"Tsukiyomi Ikuto."
"Fujisaki Nadeshiko. Nice to know you all."
"Sanjou Kairi. I hope to work well with you."
"Hotori Tadase. Pleased to meet you."
"Hinamori Amu."
"Now that that's done, time for hobbies! Since I don't think people would be talking much, we'll just go around the room and talk about things. I do ballet."
"Sports are my main hobby. Soccer to be exact."
"I don't have a big hobby but I do like to play basketball."
"…watching comedy acts…" Rima whispered quietly. I couldn't help but giggled. She gave me a S-T-F-U look. I sweatdropped.
"I just like singing and going shopping," Utau said.
"Napping and playing the violin." My left brow rose. Napping?
"I do Japanese dancing."
"I like to practice my skills."
"I don't really have a hobby. I like a lot of activities." Tadase said.
"Writing music and playing the piano," I said.
This went on for a while with everyone taking turns talking.
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After the hour was up, all of us went our own way. When I was halfway to my apartment, it was only Tadase-kun and Tsukiyomi-san.
"Bye Amu-chan. I'm going this way. See you tomorrow."
I nodded. "Bye Tadase-kun."
Now it was just Tsukiyomi-san and me. How awkward is that?
"So…what did you think of the activity today, Tsukiyomi-san?"
"Ikuto."
"Huh?"
"Call me Ikuto," he smirked.
"I'll pass."
"Aw, how mean, Amu." He faked a pout. I'm weak against anybody who does that.
"I-It's Hinamori to you!" I stomped a bit faster.
"I'm going this way. See you later," I called out turning to the right. My ring tone played. I reached for the cell phone in my tote bag. When I took the cell out, the key came out as well resulting it to fall to the ground. A piece of string must've clung to the set of keys and the cell phone.
I checked who it was. Nadeshiko. I'll call her later. I reached down but Tsukiyomi-san got there first.
"Thanks," I said as my hand reached out. He didn't hand it back. He stared at the lock.
"Um…"
"Is this lock yours?" he asked.
"Yea," I answered. I snatched the lock out of his hand since it didn't look like he was going to give it back. "Later!"
As I was walking, my phone vibrated. A text message. From who though? I flipped it opened. It's from… I gasped. I quickly opened the message.
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Hinamori-san, it's been 3 years and we still haven't found any clues. We are thinking about giving up. However, we will try the best to our limits.
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I snapped the phone shut. Tears streamed down my face.
End of Chapter
Hee hee hee…cliffy xD I hope the conversations between the pairs were ok! But tomorrow at lunch, we'll be doing the same thing as them. It's an "icebreaker" activity. We have to sit with people that have birthdays in the same month as me. One of my friends has a birthday in my month but I don't think I'll be able to sit with her! My birthday is near the middle of the month but hers is near the end. The teachers will be sorting the tables in dates as well. AH! Tomorrow will be horrible T.T but I should look to the bright side like Amu I guess…
Try guessing about these two questions:
What's Ikuto and Utau's big secret? (sorta obvious)
What's Amu's big event that changed in her life time? (Hint: It's not one event.)
See you later!
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