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Meeting and Consequences
Ikuto was rushing back to the garden where he saw the pink haired girl. He was surprised that his feet were taking him there to begin with. He knew nothing about this girl but somehow something wanted to drag him there. As he was headed to the garden Utau and Yoru were rushing after him confused as to what he was doing.
"Ne, Ikuto~ What is going on? We already passed this place didn't we? What's the point of going back~nya?" asked Yoru
"I have to make sure. I was sure I saw a girl there…" said Ikuto still making his way to the garden.
"Eh? And what about a girl? You never liked girls, what's so new about this one?" asked Utau with a confused tone in her voice.
"I don't know, but she seemed different form the other maids here. There was something odd about her." Said Ikuto.
"What are you talking about?!?" asked Utau "You must have been seeing things."
"No, I was not seeing things." Retorted Ikuto. He and the others ran as fast as they could back to the garden. They even forgot that Su was right behind them at the time and she was panting from all the running they were doing.
A few more times of running and they were just a few steps away from the garden. Ikuto could already make out a silhouette of three people there. Those that belonged to none other than Amu, Miki and of course Kukai.
Amu was talking with Kukai and Miki. Miki was doing her job and taking out the thorns that had grown on some of the flowers, particularly the roses. Kukai was trying to cheer Amu up on the current situation at hand.
"Shouldn't you leave Kukai? You'd be leaving Daichi all alone to do the work." Said Amu, she didn't want to cause they Souma's any more trouble.
"Nah, Daichi can do whatever he wants to do today. The store's closed." Said Kukai with a smile.
"Eh?!?" Amu was shocked at this, if the store was closed then why would they make deliveries here? "Demo Kukai, you just made a delivery here didn't you?"
"Oh come on Hinamori, you know that those deliveries are my only way of getting into this place. I'd do it if it means seeing you guys. Besides, today's your special day and I wouldn't miss it." Kukai gave her a thumbs up and his usual wide grin.
Amu smiled at her friend. Kukai wasn't the only one who treated her like this, the others did too. She was so fortunate to have such good friends by her side. "Thanks Kukai, I really owe you this time…" she told him
Kukai shook his head in response and spoke "What are you talking about Hinamori? You don't owe me anything."
"You just saved Rima back there, not to mention you came just in the nick of time. And the fact that you still came to visit me today." Said Amu
"Look, as much as I hate to be rude or anything, I kind of agree with Mashiro-san. She calls that woman a witch because you know that she can be one most of the time…" said Kukai. He actually had more than that to say if Miki hadn't interrupted.
"Most of the time? Don't you mean all the time? The one day she becomes nice is the day one of us married one of the royals which from the rate of zero to ten I'd call that a zero or a slight one." Said Miki
"Well, okay fine she is kind of like a witch. Not to mention that none of you deserved any of this to begin with." Said Kukai
"You can't really blame them, fact is they're afraid of Amu-chan." Said Miki
"Afraid of me? Why would they possibly be afraid of me?" asked Amu in confusion.
"Well, she has a good point there. The fact that they've been practically abusing you and lying about your past and future, you know stuff like that. If these were to be known in public with the right proofs, those two would be out of here and you'd own this place." Explained Kukai "Why do you think they want you to be so well hidden that they'd go as far as to make up all those lies and treat you like a maid?"
"Sooner or later though the truth is bound to be exposed somehow. Just do what Dia says Amu-chan. You true radiance is within and there's still something for you to look forward to, so don't loose hope and just believe." Said Miki with a smile
"Yeah, not to mention everything that you've all done for me. Thank you…." Said Amu giving both Kukai and Miki a sincere smile.
"Ah, is the cool and spicy character fading Hinamori? You don't seem to be using it on us anymore." Teased Kukai
"O-of course, I don't need to use it when I'm with you guys anyway." Said Amu turning away.
"Here we go again with that stubborn attitude of yours." Laughed Miki
The three of them began to laugh and enjoy themselves when they heard footsteps and it seemed to them like running steps. Kukai stood up and looked around the path to the garden. The first person he recognized was Su, and she was running far behind.
Kukai gave Su a "What are you doing?" look and he was wondering why she was running to get here in the first place.
Su soon pointed for Kukai to look forward and she was frantic about it too. Kukai looked at Su's companions and his eyes widened. "The royals?!? I thought they were having a mean with the Yamabuki's?!?" he thought.
Kukai saw Su give him a worried look as they were getting closer to the garden…meaning closer to Amu. Kukai nodded and understood immediately. "Darn it! Who'd think they'd rush all the way back here?"
Kukai looked at Amu and Miki and they immediately stood up from their positions. "What's up Kukai?" asked Miki with a confused look.
"The royals are headed this way, Su's with them. I guess they decided to linger around rather than eat." Said Kukai
"Who'd want to blame them, even I'd choose to get locked in my own room than have dinner with those two…." Said Miki
"Kukai? Which of the royals are headed this way?" asked Amu
"Looks like the prince and princess of the Tsukiyomi family and one of their friends I think." Said Kukai as he was referring to Yoru. He turned back to see Su and the three people hurriedly coming their way.
Kukai looked at Amu and spoke "Okay, no one panic. We'll just have to act normal, like how we usually do. Remember Hinamori as much as possible we have to lie low. We wouldn't want you getting hit again…." Kukai muttered the sat sentence but Amu heard.
She knew that Kukai was just worried about her being punished just like last time, but he didn't need to worry. Amu knew her part here and she didn't really care weather the royals knew who she was anyway so it didn't matter to her. She'll keep her identity a secret as she always did to previous guests and she knew this wouldn't be any different…or so she thought.
Su arrived with her company back at the garden. She knew Kukai saw them coming and she hoped that he got what her signals had meant. Su tried to act as calm and as ordinary as possible. "Here we are~desu, the garden." She said with a smile
Utau was off loss of words, she found the garden stunning and incredibly beautiful. The flowers were well trimmed and arranged and there were no weeds or scattered dirt to be found anywhere. It was truly well taken care of. "Your garden is amazing, you must have such an experienced gardener at this mansion."
Ikuto couldn't disagree and neither could Yoru, they both found the place stunning and beautiful just as much as Utau did. Then, as the three of them were deep in their thoughts a voice interrupted it all.
"Ah, your royal highnesses. What a pleasure surprise it is to see you all here today." Miki came out with a smile.
"Miki! You're here~desu!" called Su
"Of course I'm here Su, aren't I always? I'm in charge of this part of the mansion remember?" replied Miki
Su let out a slight giggle. Miki was playing this out exactly as she should, she was acting perfectly Miki-like even in front of the royals. This way they wouldn't know that the others knew they were coming.
Utau looked at Miki and she was shocked to find a girl there younger than her and now she finds out that she works in this mansion as it's gardener? But why is that such a surprise? Even their chef is younger than Ikuto and her too.
"You took care of all these flowers?" asked Utau as she continued to look at the beautiful setting.
"Hai, that's my job." Replied Miki with a smile
As Utau was looking at the flowers, she was mesmerized. She wanted to touch them and look at them in a slight closer angle. She went near one of the nearby bushes and was about to touch one of the roses when a hand had stopped hers from getting any closer to it.
"Whoa, careful now Hime-sama. You wouldn't want those hands of yours to get scratched do you?" Utau looked at the person that was holding her hand and prevented her from touching the flower. Once she looked up she saw the boy that had been with Rima earlier when they arrived.
Kukai gave Utau a big smile like he always does and gently pushed her hand away form the bush. "You wouldn't want to get scratched by all those thorns; it's not a nice feeling. Sometimes I don't know how Miki does it around here."
Utau stared at Kukai with a shocked expression. Then she realized that his hand was still touching hers. Her face turned into a light shade of red and she pulled her hand away from his. "T-thanks…for the warning…" she told him while turning away.
"No problem. It was my pleasure." Kukai just flashed a smile once more and then he turned to face Ikuto and Yoru.
"Your Highness, and um….." Kukai bowed but he didn't really know what to call Yoru so he was a bit confused. He scratched the back of his head with his one hand and gave out a small laugh. "Sorry about that, may I know who he is?" he asked
"He's Yoru, a good friend of ours." Replied Ikuto plainly. He was still looking around for the pink haired girl that he saw.
"Um…Kukai? Where's Amu-chan~desu?" asked Su looking around for Amu, she knew better than to mention her full name in front of the royals.
"Oh..Hinam—I mean Amu right…" Miki shot him a glare and Su shot him a surprised look. Kukai sweat-dropped. He was never used to calling Amu by her first name; he always referred to her as Hinamori. This time though, he's got to be careful, much more careful. Once he calls Amu as Hinamori in front of the royals, they're all done for.
"Um, she went to get something in her room. She'll be back in a second." Said Kukai
Ikuto found this a bit suspicious and so did Utau and Yoru. "What was he about to say? Could it be?" thought Utau
Just a few more seconds later, Amu arrived at the garden. She really did go away for a while. She went out to take the sown dresses that Saaya had wanted back in her room. Since Saaya's room was bound to be empty of anyone by this time she just took her chances…
As she arrived at the garden, she saw Kukai, Su and Miki there and three other people who she assumed to be the prince, princess and a company of theirs. She approached them as she would any other guest and bowed. "Hello, Your Highnesses. It was nice of you to come and pay this place visit." She told them
Utau was a bit surprised at Amu's arrival. She didn't really know how long she was there. Once again, as silence fell Amu spoke "My name's Amu, I work as one of the maids in the mansion."
Su then spoke next "Oh that's right, how rude of us. My name's Su~desu. I'm the mansion's cook." Said Su with a smile
"Right, and I'm Miki. I take care of the mansion's garden." Said Miki
"And my name's Kukai. My brother Daichi and I own a meat shop and a small restaurant down at the village. I make weekly deliveries here." Said Kukai
Ikuto was focused on Amu and he was silent the whole time since she got there. Utau was the one who spoke and did the introductions. "I'm Tsukiyomi Utau and this is my brother Tsukiyomi Ikuto." Introduced Utau then she turned to Yoru "This is Yoru he's a good friend of ours."
As they were introduced, Ikuto remained silent. Yoru on the other hand was too busy staring at Miki to respond. Miki eyed Yoru in a suspicious way and asked "Hey….are you okay?"
Yoru snapped out of it and spoke "Huh? Oh yeah, I'm perfectly fine~nya."
"Nya? Where did that come from?" asked Miki looking at him
"Don't min Yoru, he does it all the time. You could say that he's quite accustomed to say that in each of sentences." Said Utau
"Oh….okay…." replied Miki
Amu was silent for a while, and was looking at Ikuto. She noticed that he was staring at her for a while now, and she found it odd and disturbing… "Um….Your highness….are you okay? You're acting awfully strange…" asked Amu
Ikuto snapped out of it and smirked "Of course. Why? Were you worried about me?" he asked
Amu's eyes shot wide open and she spoke "What?!? Well….I was just wondering if you were okay…" she had her outer character in use again.
Kukai was a bit surprised at that response too and so was Miki. A price does not respond like that. At least this was definitely a first for them. Amu was shocked too and so was Utau, never had she heard her brother respond to a lady like that, especially not in front of their parents or he'd get in trouble.
Ikuto on the other hand just smirked. He found Amu's shock cute and he couldn't help but smile to himself. Something told him this girl was definitely interesting indeed. Another moment of silence passed them all. Ikuto looked at Amu closely and noticed a small and barely noticeable scratch on her face and some on her hands.
Unlike a normal gesture that a person would question what happened, Ikuto did something a little bit different. He went near Amu and pulled her close. Then he used one of his free hands to touch her face where he saw the scratch. "What happened here?" he asked, you wouldn't know if he was seriously concerned or just teasing her.
The others had their mouths hung wide open. One, they were shocked Ikuto even noticed the scratch, it's something that resulted to Amu's latest and previous "punishment" from Lady Yamabuki. Two, he was holding her like that and they just met!
Amu's eyes shot wide open as Ikuto held her, her face was turning red and she couldn't help it, soon as her consciousness returned she pulled away quickly and said something she never meant to, well at least to a prince. "Don't touch me like that you pervert!"
Kukai was holding back his laughter as he heard Amu yell at Ikuto that way. Man did she have guts! Miki was surprised too but on her point of view, she thinks Ikuto deserved it. Yoru was shocked as well, no one as in no one ever dared to stand up to Ikuto that way…ever. Utau was shocked but she was smiling on the inside. This was the first time she saw a girl reject Ikuto, and call him a pervert, instead of ogling at him and staring.
Ikuto was purely shocked at what had just happened. He sure never expected that kind of reaction. Instead of being angry or frustrated though, Ikuto smirked even more. He was starting to grow quite fond of this girl. "Well…that was very interesting." He thought
Again for about the third time, silence ensured. Amu was staying a far distance away from Ikuto "What kind of a prince is this guy?!?" she thought. Never in her life did she expect a prince to be like this! To think she thought he was quite charming at first sight.
Their odd silence was soon interrupted by a loud shriek that seemed to be getting closer to the garden. "Amu!!!!!!" this voice belonged to none other than…who else? Saaya. She went towards Amu and the others and spoke "Amu! How dare you, did you forget your orders?" asked Saaya harshly and then she looked at Miki and Kukai.
"And you two! Kukai-san, shouldn't you be leaving, I'm afraid you should be done for the day by now and leave immediately." she looked over at Kukai and her voice was less harsh when she spoke to him than to Miki.
Saaya then looked straight at Miki and she went over to her and whispered. "I'll make sure you get what you deserve later." Miki knew what that meant, and she didn't like it one bit. She knew that she was about to be punished.
Saaya then noticed that Su was there "And what, may I ask are you doing here?" she asked her.
"I simply took them to look at the gardens~desu." Replied Su softly
"Well, you should get back to work. My mother is calling for you in the kitchen. I will be the one to accompany his highnesses." Said Saaya. Su nodded and left, she looked at Miki and Amu with an apologetic look because she couldn't help them.
When Su was no longer around, Saaya looked at Utau and Ikuto and she spoke "I apologize for all the trouble that our maids might have caused you. They aren't educated much and I want to apologize for their sake. I didn't mean for them to be a bother or a nuisance."
She must have forgotten that Kukai was still there because he sure didn't like what he was hearing. Miki was getting frustrated and she really wanted to yell at Saaya right now. "The nerve of this woman! She is so….." She gritted her teeth and then clenched her fists, but she held her anger inside of her not wanting to cause any more trouble.
"Saaya is it?" Started Utau as she observed the red haired girl.
"Yes Your Highness?" asked Saaya as surprised as she could. Deep down she was pleased that Utau had remembered her name.
"I'd like to let you know that your maids as you'd like to put it were not a bother to us nor were they a nuisance." Said Utau sternly "In fact, we were grateful that they've offered us some of their time to give us a tour and answer all our questions." she was starting to get pissed at Saaya.
All of them were silent. Utau had just defended them, the people that the Yamabuki family treated like trash. Kukai smiled inwardly, he was starting to think that there was more to their princess and not just her strict and tough character on the outside. Saaya on the other hand had other thoughts. She was mad that someone like Utau would side with someone other than her "How could she? These people don't deserve this! I do! I'll make sure mother hears about this personally." She hid her anger and smiled at the princess.
"Oh, my apologies. I didn't know they were helping you with something." Apologized Saaya. Of course, the others already knew that all this was fake, a mere charade.
Ikuto looked at Saaya and he was doubtful. He knew something was up but he just couldn't put it. How the workers here suddenly kept quite around her and they looked as if they either feared her or angered her. Ikuto knew that Utau must have seen it too and he was right about that.
Utau looked at the others and she directed her vision to Kukai, the guy that couldn't stop smiling a second ago was very different from the guy she's seeing now. It was as if Kukai was now hiding different emotions inside of him and Utau and Ikuto could tell something was wrong.
"We have to go." Utau suddenly spoke "Our parents must be looking for us right now. Come on Ikuto, Yoru, let's leave."
Ikuto slowly followed and went off ahead of his sister and Yoru soon followed. Saaya was surprised at their sudden decision to leave so she followed them immediately. She shot a quick cold glance at all the others and then turned back to follow Ikuto.
Utau sighed and as Saaya was already ahead of her she started walking away as well. Before she could get far from the garden, someone pulled her hand from behind. She turned around to see Kukai there standing behind her with a warm smile on his face.
"Hey, thanks a lot…Hime-sama." Said Kukai "You don't know how much that helped, no one's ever done that for them before."
"What are you talking about?" asked Utau confused. She didn't really get why Kukai was thanking her in the first place.
"Nothing, it's just…thanks." With that said, Kukai let go of her hand and started walking back to the garden. He turned to Utau one last time and called out. "Have a safe trip home by the way, see ya'!" then soon he was gone.
Utau watched as Kukai soon disappeared. She found it a bit odd that he thanked her for something she didn't do, But if ever she did do something, she thought that it was nice of him to go and follower her just to thank her. She smiled and then soon went to follow Ikuto and Yoru.
Back in the garden Kukai, Amu and Miki were seated there in silence. Then, Miki suddenly spoke. "Amu-chan, are you going to be okay?" she asked in worry, after this she was more worried than ever.
"Yeah, I'll deal with it, it's nothing…" replied Amu bluntly.
"Oi, Hinamori you really should do something about it you know. If you keep doing as they say they'll never let you go." Advised Kukai
"I know that Kukai, but that's much easier said than done isn't it?" asked Amu
"Amu-chan, if they do anything to you…" started Miki but before she could say any more Amu cut her off.
"Daijobu Miki, I'll be fine." She told her friend with a smile.
Miki sighed and knew that Amu wouldn't so anything about it even if someone begged her to. A voice was then heard approaching the garden. "Miki! Kukai! Amu-chan! We're back!" they guessed it, that was Ran.
Ran came with all the others including Su. Su looked lonely and sad but she didn't make it that obvious to any of the others. "Ran, everyone, welcome back!" greeted Amu with a smile.
"Amu-chan, did something happen?" asked Nagihiko. That was just like him, he could always tell if something was wrong with Amu, just the same way Kukai could.
"What makes you say that Nagi?" asked Amu. She already knew that Nagi could perfectly tell something was wrong. Right now though, she was just being stubborn all over again.
"Come on Amu just say it already. Something happened, and I'll bet you my life that it had something to do with either one of the Yamabuki's." said Rima and again they were right about that too.
"What did they do this time?" asked Dia, she was starting to worry about it. She knew that if ever involved Amu's stepfamily it was never a good thing…ever.
Amu sighed and gave in, she knew that she couldn't hide anything from them anyway. She just wished that at some way she wouldn't get her friends involved in her problems because they'd most likely get hurt. "It's nothing that big and it's kind of a long story."
"Then cut it short, besides if it's long we have time to listen to it." Said Rima
"What happened Amu-chan?" asked Nagihiko
"Well…where to start?" Amu then told the story as detailed as she could remember. She started from when Su came to the garden with the royals and how they got there. She then went to the part where Ikuto suddenly held her close to him and she yelled at him by accident and called him a pervert.
With this part of the story told the others started to laugh. "Who knew that the well respected prince was such a hentai." Said Dia while giggling
"You really showed him Amu-chan, nice job." Said Ran
"That was really something, wish I was here to see it though." Said Rima "It looks to me like your character kicked-in in front of them right?" she asked with a smile.
Amu nodded in response and looked over at Nagihiko, he looked at her and from the looks of it he wasn't satisfied yet. "He knows something's bothering me and he isn't going to drop it until I tell him." Thought Amu with a sigh.
As if reading her mind Nagihiko suddenly spoke. "There's more to that, isn't there Amu-chan?" he asked her and once again Amu nodded in reply.
"Well, yeah. That's not all that happened." Said Amu her face suddenly dropping again as she continued her tale. She soon reached the part where Saaya appeared and saw them with the royals.
"She saw you?" asked Dia. She and the others knew what that meant. They had clear orders to keep away from the royals, especially Amu.
"I tried to keep them away from the garden when I saw Amu-chan, but they were just so persistent~ desu, I'm sorry." Said Su. She felt guilty about getting the others in trouble. If she could have stopped the royals then none of this would have happened and Saaya wouldn't have seen Amu talking with the prince, so Su was guilty and she felt that she was the one to blame.
"Su, don't be crazy. It wasn't your fault at all. You tried to stop them didn't you and that was good enough. It was never your fault that they saw me." Said Amu smiling at her friend
"Thank you Amu-chan." Replied Su with a warm smile
"So? What'd she say after she saw you?" asked Rima getting a bit curious at what had happened while they were away.
"She told Kukai to leave, not that he did seeing as he's still here right now, she ordered Su to go back to the kitchen. And then she looked at me and told me she'd make sure her mother heard about this and we all know what that means." Sighed Miki, she never liked recalling these things.
"No…not again…." Said Dia. Her guess was that Saaya would take it all out on Amu again just like she always does when she's angry.
"What are we going to do? Amu, Miki and Su are going to get punished…" said Ran in a soft tone.
"I'm going to be fine you guys." Said Amu, she didn't want her friends to continue to worry about her.
"No you aren't, if she goes all out on you again you won't even be able to take a single step." Said Nagihiko, he was starting to get protective of her again. Nagihiko never liked it when Amu got punished, but they always take it out on her and they have their reasons for it but still…
"But it's not like we can turn it all back, I mean if we could I go back to when Tsugumu and Midori-san were still alive and make sure he never married that witch." Said Rima sternly
"None of us wanted it this way remember?" said Ran and the others nodded in agreement.
"Hey at least Saaya got a taste of her own medicine." Said Amu with a smile as she remembered that Utau herself had defended them from Saaya.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Rima with a confused look on her face.
"She means that for once someone stood up to her, and that someone just happened to be the Utau-Hime." Said Kukai with a smile.
"Ow, that must have hurt. But not that I mind since she really deserved that, a lot more actually." Said Rima
"*sigh* Other than that good thing happening…what are we going to do now?" asked Dia. "I don't want Amu-chan getting punished again."
"None of us does Dia, but we don't know how to stop it." Said Kukai with a sad and low voice. Kukai was rarely there when Amu was hurt and that's why he was pissed at times at himself that he wasn't there to help her at all.
They stayed in silence and a few seconds later a shout was heard "Amu! You get up to my room this instant! Bring Miki and Su along with you!" Lady Yamabuki boomed.
The others looked at Amu in fear and sadness, they saw this coming and they didn't know what to do.
Ikuto and Utau were back at the palace and were in Ikuto's room with Yoru, they recalled the event that just took place when they were in the garden. "It just doesn't make any sense! It's too complicated!" said Utau pacing back and forth
"Something was definitely up~nya." Agreed Yoru
"And another thing, that Kukai, I think that's who he was. He was about to call that Amu girl Hima-something then he suddenly cut it off. What's with that?" asked Utai recalling Kukai sudden stuttering.
"Who knows? Maybe they're just hiding something from us that's all." Said Ikuto plainly
"Please, you're telling me you didn't find anything fishy?" asked Utau looking at her older brother.
"I didn't say that, but what's the point of talking about it now?" he asked her
"*sigh* You know what I think? I think he's thinking of that Amu girl~nya." Said Yoru with a smirk.
"Now that you mention it, she is the first girl to ever push you aside like that." Said Utau with a smile looking straight at her brother. "Ikuto, you have to admit this girl is quite…different."
"Different isn't how I'd put it, more like…interesting." Replied Ikuto with a smirk as he remembered Amu. He did find her interesting and that blush on her face was just priceless!
"Well that figures since you kept staring at her~nya." Said Yoru with a snicker
"Right, this coming from the guy who kept staring that that gardener…Miki was it?" countered Ikuto as he saw the face of his friend turn red.
They all shared a good laugh or two, and for once Ikuto was actually looking forward to seeing this girl again. If only he knew who she really was…
Amu and the others were still a bit traumatized at hearing Lady Yamabuki's voice…and they knew what lies ahead.
"Amu-chan…." spoke Ran "Don't go…."
"I have to Ran, if I don't she'll probably come down here and drag me anyway." Said Amu with a sad smile "I'll be back, don't worry about it too much."
Miki and Su looked at their friends and as Amu left the garden they soon followed her lead up to the room. The others stayed there in silence.
Rima got up and ran to the mansions main halls with the other following her. They saw Amu and the other two climb up the stairs and into the room. They waited and waited and soon they heard shouting and yelling coming from the large room. Rima and Dia gasped hearing all the commotion and were worried for Amu. Kukai turned away, but he could still hear all the hitting and shouting going on. Nagi and the others couldn't seem to bear it anymore and Ran was the first one to rush into her room.
Even as they were already inside their rooms, they could clearly hear the yelling and hitting. Ran, Rima and Dia had hot tears already running down their cheeks, Kukai soon excused himself as it was getting late and Daichi might be waiting for him, but he couldn't bear to think of what Amu was going through right now, it hurt him too much.
Nagi went out of the house and back to the garden, he looked up at the coming night sky and saw that a full moon was beginning to form. He soon heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Rima there and her eyes were still wet from the crying. "I wonder if Amu's going to be okay…." Asked Rima
"I don't know either…but Amu-chan, she's too nice of a person at times. She never deserved this kind of life. Maybe if she left this place she'd have something to look forward to and have a happier future…." Said Nagihiko
"Amu wouldn't like hearing you say that." Said Rima looking at him
"I know, but sometimes I can't help but think she's doing too much on her own." Said Nagihiko and then Rima broke down crying again. She couldn't help it if her best friend was in such a state.
Nagihiko went by Rima's side and comforted her. They didn't get along at times but there were times they understood each other and this was one of those times. Deep down, Nagihiko could focus on one thing "Amu-chan….I hope you find your happiness someday, we will get you out of here. Please be safe…Miki…Su…"
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