Goose: Hello, to those few people who didn't give up after the first two chapters and kept reading this!

Dwarfy: Hurrah!

Goose: Uh... so anyways, I'll probably only update when I have at least one review for each chapter...

Dwarfy: Because she is lazy and needs motivation to put effort into writing. Or life in general.

Goose: Exactly! Anyway, some people (you know who you are) have asked for more Rimahiko, and I realize that there is an epic lack of Rimahiko in this.

Dwarfy: So dis is a Rimahiko chappie! Goose does not own Shugo Chara!

Nagihiko's POV

I sighed as I stared at the ceiling of my room, thinking. About her. About Rima. I really didn't know how I felt about her. Sometimes, I just hated her so much. And sometimes, I feel like I'd do anything for her. God, why can't I just make up my mind?!

I really must be desperate, for I found myself standing up and walking out of my room and down the hall to Nadeshiko's. I knocked gently.

"Come in."

I carefully slid open the door and looked at my "sister" laying on her bed, reading some fashion magazines Amu-chan had lent her. Ugh, for someone who used to be a part of me, she sure has bad taste in hobbies.

"Hey, Nadeshiko, can I ask you something?" I asked hesitantly. If anyone would understand how I felt, it would be her.

"You just did. But you may ask another." Nadeshiko grinned at me, and I can understand why she has so many fanboys. She's really very pretty, and could probably out-kira-kira-smile Tadase any day. Wait, did I just call myself pretty?

I sat down next to her. "Uh... it's about Rima..." I began, but Nadeshiko hushed me. "I know," she said simply.

Dang twin telepathy.

"It's not twin telepathy, you idiot. Even if I have my own body now, I still have the memories from when I was part of you. I know how you feel about everything, Nagi." Nadeshiko smiled again. I just stared. I knew that she would know a lot about me, seeing as she used to be me, but I didn't expect this much.

"So what do I do?" I pleaded, "I don't know if I love her or hate her or just like her as a friend or if it's just a little crush or-"

"Shut up. You're making my head hurt."

I sweat-dropped. She really was blunt when it came to things that annoyed her. I guess that was partly (mostly (totally)) my fault, though. She looked at me again, and began to speak slowly, as if she wasn't sure about what she was about to say.

"I think... I can understand how you feel right now..." I noticed a faint blush on her cheeks and her eyes spaced out a little bit.

"You like Rima?" I joked, not liking the fact that Nadeshiko obviously liked a guy. I definitely wasn't Tadase. I winced when Nadeshiko hit me.

"Of course not, you idiot! I said I understood how you felt, not how you feel towards Rima-chan."

I sighed and looked at my little sister. It was so scary, knowing how she wasn't supposed to be real. I already loved her so much, I don't know what I would do if she suddenly stopped existing again. She noticed my gaze.

"What's wrong?" she asked innocently. I smiled and pulled her into a bear hug.

"Nothing. I love you, you know that?" she giggled and blushed a little bit, in the 'I -have-a-super-awesome-caring-handsome-athletic-awesome-older-brother' way, not in the romantic way, if that's what you were thinking.

I really do love this girl. The question is: Do I love Rima, too?

Rima's POV

I sighed as I stared at the ceiling of my room, thinking. Rolling onto my side, I still felt fuzzy from school, where Nagihiko had held my hand to help me up after I fell down the stairs.

I felt fuzzy from hatred, right? I hated him so much. I just wanted him to die... right? I honestly don't know anymore. I want to hate him. What reason do I have not to hate him? He took Amu away from me and lied to them about Nadeshiko for so long. So what if he told her the truth? It wasn't until after I blackmailed him into it.

Flashback

"Tell her. Now," I demanded, glaring at the taller boy with such power that a grown man would've cowered in fear. This guy didn't.

"No," he said simply, "I'm not ready to tell her, and she's not ready to know."

I continued glaring at him. Such nerve! He dare disobey the Queen? So what if he was a former Queen, he was just a pathetic Jack now, and he should do what I say. Man, I sound like Tadase...

I felt a light bulb go off over my head. That's it! That's what I'd do! It's genius! The perfect plan! All it required was a little photo editing...

The next day, I smirked as I walking up to that ungrateful little (use your imagination here). I pulled out a picture and handed it to him wordlessly. He looked at it for a moment before his eyes widened in total horror.

Yep. I edited a picture to make it look like he was kissing Tadase. Aren't I so kind? He glared at me. "What do you want?"

"I want you to tell Amu the truth."

"And if I don't?"

"Then that picture gets sent out to the entire student body. And your mother."

Nagihiko clenched his fists. "Fine," he replied bitterly. He walked up to Amu, occasionally glancing pleadingly over his shoulder. I just shook my head no every time.

"Uh... Amu-chan..." he began. I took out a video camera. I so wanted to watch this again when I got home.

"What is it, Nagihiko?" Amu looked up at Nagihiko with her big, golden, unsuspecting eyes. I started to feel a little bit guilty.

"Uh... well, you see..." I could see Nagihiko starting to sweat. At this rate, she'd know by next Tuesday. "N-Nadeshiko was never real... it was me... the whole time..."

Amu gawked for a moment, then tears began to run down her face. "Is that true, Nagihiko? You've been lying to me this whole time?" Nagihiko nodded, his face full of guilt, worry, and sadness.

Amu took a breath and tried to look cheerful. "It's okay." Nagihiko gasped.

"W-what?" Nagihiko looked at Amu with hope and confusion.

"We're friends, right? Friends don't get mad at friends. Sure, I'm upset that you didn't tell me sooner, but at least you told me at all."

A smile spread across Nagihiko's face. "Well, I gotta go babysit Ami," Amu said, turning and sprinting in the opposite direction. Nagihiko ran over to me and scooped me up in a big bear hug (A/N: Nagi sure loves bear hugs, doesn't he?). I felt my face heat up. It was with rage, right? I was mad because he hugged me, right?

"Rima, thank you so much! I'm so glad I finally got that off my chest! And it's all thanks to you!" Nagihiko put me down and gave me one of his famous smiles. My heart began to race. And that was the beginning of my confusion about my feelings.

End Flashback

I sighed again as I picked up the video camera sitting on my desk. I had thought about it for a while, and now I was going to delete that video I took of Nagihiko telling Amu the truth. I had only taken it to watch him get hurt, but now when I saw him get hurt, I felt anger and sadness, pity and fear. I didn't want him to get hurt, and I just couldn't bring myself to hurt him anymore. Sure, I'd kick him or insult him at the Guardian meetings, but it always made me feel like my heart and head were both breaking into a million pieces. I knew I'd have to stop someday, if I wanted to stay relatively sane. As I hit the delete button on the camera, I thought about all the things Nagihiko has done for me. He's constantly protecting me from X-eggs, standing up for me, everything. Why? Why does he always help me, even after I hurt him so much? Why does he care?

Why does he even notice me?

I jumped when my cell phone rang. I picked it up and checked the caller ID: Hinamori Amu.

"Hello?" I said quietly into the phone. I could hear Amu giggling on the other side.

"Hey, Rima, do you think you could come over for a sleepover tomorrow night?" she asked excitedly.

"Why are you so happy?" I demanded. Overly-happy people were annoying. Wow, now I sound like Hikaru. Lovely.

"Nadeshiko and Yaya are coming, too." I heard someone giggle in the background. Who was that?

Ugh. Nadeshiko. Nagihiko's sister. I don't think I'll be able to face her, after all I've done to him. I talk to her a lot at school, but that's school. That's different. At school, everyone has on their own mask, hiding who they really are, what they think, and who they want to be. People hardly ever show the others what they're like on the inside. Everyone is just a poser and a fake.

"I don't think I can make it," I said bluntly. I heard Amu wince on the other side.

"Come on, Rima!" she begged, "Please!"

"No."

"I'll pay for the next volume of comedy manga that comes out." Dang. That girl really knew me well. Gag manga, my weakness, my love... Gag manga, gag manga, wherefore art thou, gag manga?

"Deal." I said bitterly.

"Yes!" Wait, was that Yaya?! And I swear I heard Amu hiss, "Yaya, hush!" They're planning something. I don't know what it is, but I will find out, or else my name's not Mashiro Rima, Queen of all things Drama and Comedy!

Amu's POV

The plan was going perfectly. Me and Yaya, even though you would never expect it, are actually evil masterminds. Okay, that's an overstatement, and we're nothing compared to Rima, Nadeshiko and Nagihiko, but we can still make them feel uncomfortable. And boy, were we going to make them feel uncomfortable. Yaya looked at me and smirked.

"Commence: Operation Kukade Rimahiko!" she yelled excitedly.

There are two things you need to know about our sleepovers. One: We ALWAYS play Truth or Dare. No matter what. And two: NEVER play Truth or Dare with us. You will die.

This is going to be fun. Very fun.

Goose: Sweet mother of all things kerfuffle, this chapter is so much longer than the others!

Dwarfy: Aren't you sick?

Goose: Yeah... I have a cold, the inside of my ears are really itchy, I'm tired, my throat is killing me... but I have to go to school because I have chorus tomorrow and I'm failing chorus.

Dwarfy: How do you fail chorus?!

Goose: I dunno. My participation grades are all 100's and 95's, but I got a really low grade on something and that somehow managed to bring my grade down to a 79%.

Dwarfy: Out of 100?!

Goose: Yep.

Dwarfy: That's not really failing, but from you, that's just... wow.

Goose: You were more shocked when I got a 64 on that Algebra quiz.

Dwarfy: That's cause you're in Algebra. And the fancy accelerated Algebra, which is two levels above our grade level.

Goose: And then there's you, who can't spell lazy...

Dwarfy: Shut up.

Goose: Just remember, there's only one z.

Dwarfy: SHUT UP! R&R!

Goose: Heck yeah! 2,000 words!