Me: HEY~! Sooo sorry for the late update but here's chapter...3 I think...oh well! ENJOY~!

Miki: ArtsyNinja3 does not own anything except for her own characters and the plot.


Narrator's P.O.V.

"Amu!"

"Yes mom?" Amu Hinamori asked her mother while she sat on the sofa in front of the TV. Her mother was in the kitchen making lunch.

"Can you run to the grocery store and get me some apples?"

"Do I have to?" Amu whined, "My favourite show's about to come on!"

Her mother poked her head out of the kitchen and glared at the pinkette. "Go buy me some apples or you get no lunch."

"Fine," Amu pouted as she headed outside. She walked out of her house and saw some people moving furniture into the house next door. Curious, she stopped to look. "New neighbours huh?" she mumbled to herself before resuming her walk to the grocery store around the corner. She bought the apples. She jogged back home with the bags of apples but pauses to look at the house next door before heading into her house. She handed the apples to her mom and plopped back down on the couch to continue watching TV. Right when the show was getting to the good part, the doorbell rang. Amu ignored it and continued watching TV.

"AMU! GET THE DOOR!" her mom yelled from the kitchen. Amu sighed while she got up and walked over to their front door. She opened the door and saw a hot, dirty-blond guy standing in front of her with a basket in his hand.

"Hey, I'm Kokoro Yome, but you can just call me Koko. I just moved in next door so I'll be in your care from now on," the guy said with a big grin while his eyes twinkled with mischief. He handed her the basket and she accepted it.

"Hello, the name's Amu Hinamori," Amu replied coolly.

"Well, Hinamori-san, I'll be going now. Nice to meet cha," Koko told her.

"Same here," Amu replied and closed the door.

"Amu, who was that?" her mother asked from the kitchen.

"The new neighbour," she replied calmly and handed her mother the basket that Koko gave her.

"Oh my god! They gave us such lovely fruits!" her mom exclaimed with excitement.

"Ugh! That means I didn't even have to go all the way to the grocery store!" Amu groaned and trudged her way back to the couch. Her mother just shrugged and continued making lunch. Amu suddenly felt something vibrate. She jolted and got out her phone.

From: Kukai Souma

To: Amu Hinamori

Hey, wanna go hang out at the mall with the others?

Amu smiled at the text and replied back to her boyfriend.

From: Amu Hinamori

To: Kukai Souma

Sure. B there in 5.

She ran up to her room and threw on a white halter top and jean shorts with black sneakers and sunglasses. Before walking out of her house, she checked herself in the mirror and made sure she looked okay. Amu strolled out of her house and bumped into…her new neighbour!

"Hey there Hinamori-san, where are you going?" Koko asked her with the same grin he had just half an hour ago.

"I'm off to the mall," Amu replied.

"Can I tag along? I need to get to know this place. I'm really directionally challenged," Koko said sheepishly.

"Sure, Koko-kun. Can I call you that?"

"Just call me Koko and I'll call you Amu-chan, 'kay?"

"Sure, now come on. I'll show you the way," Amu said as she started walking to the mall with Koko tagging along behind her. They talked about random things and just got to know each other. By the time they reached the mall, they were pretty good friends. Amu led them to the food court and found her friends chatting away while eating. She grabbed Koko's wrist and dragged him towards them.

Kukai's eyes lit up when he saw his girlfriend making her way towards them, but the grin was soon replaced by a scowl when he saw her pulling another guy with her. Kukai's best friend, Ikuto, caught his scowl and followed Kukai's gaze. He then smirked when he realised what Kukai was unhappy about and chuckled.

"Hey guys!" Amu chirped as she stood by their table.

"Hey, who's the new kid?" her best friend Rima asked with a poker face.

"Well, hello Rima. How are you? I'm fine, thanks for asking," Amu replied sarcastically. Rima just rolled her eyes and waited for her answer while Koko stifled a laugh. "Guys, this is my new neighbour, Kokoro Yome."

"Hey," Koko said with his usual grin.

"Koko, the one with the curly blonde hair is Rima Mashiro, the one beside her eating ice cream is Yaya Yuiki, the green-haired one with the glasses is Kairi Sanjo, the purpled-haired boy over there is Nagihiko Fujisaki, the one blond beside him is Tadase Hotori, the girl with the long blonde hair beside him is Utau Tsukiyomi, the blue-haired guy over there is her brother, Ikuto Tsukiyomi. And lastly, the brunet beside Ikuto is Kukai Souma," Amu said in one breath while pointing to everyone. She then took a deep breath and smiled to herself. "I think that deserves some applause." Koko clapped and Amu took a bow before they burst out into laughter.

The crew raised an eyebrow at them while Kukai narrowed his eyes. "You guys sure seem close for people who just met," Ikuto stated with his trademark smirk.

"Yeah, so?" Amu asked with a confused look.

"Oh, nothing, just pointing it out," Ikuto replied casually with a wave of his hand. Amu raised an eyebrow at him for a second before shrugging. She then noticed her boyfriend glaring at Koko.

Amu frowned and waved a hand in front of Kukai's face. "You ok, Kukai?" she asked with concern.

Kukai snapped out of his glare and smiled at her, "Yeah, it's nothing."

Amu opened her mouth and was about to say something when she was interrupted by Yaya. "Can we please go shopping now?!" she whined while stuffing her mouth with ice cream.

"Sure, remind me again what we're here for?" Rima asked with her face resting in the palm of her hand.

"We're here to buy supplies for the upcoming cultural festival, Mashiro-san," Kairi replied while pushing his glasses up with his index finger.

"Anyways, let's split up," Tadase declared. "Mashiro-san, you go with Nagi. I will go with Sanjo-kun and Yaya while Utau will go with Ikuto. And that leaves Amu-chan with Kukai and Yome-san I guess." (A/N: I'm not sure how Tadase calls them so yeah…I'm sorry if I got them wrong.)

"I have a list of things we need to buy so here you go," Kairi said as he handed out slips of paper that had different things written on it.

"So are we supposed to buy everything on this list?" Amu asked while looking over everything.

"Yes," Tadase confirmed, "We'll meet back here at two o'clock ok?" Everyone nodded and went separate ways while Amu, Kukai and Koko remained standing in the same spot.

"So, what now?" Koko asked Amu while she looked over the list once more.

"First we have to go to some place that sells art supplies and buy paint," she replied looking around her.

"Oh, I know a store that sells paint in the mall," Kukai said with a huge smile. He grabbed Amu's hand. Amu blushed and tried to hide it. "Ready, Amu?" Kukai asked with a grin. Amu looked at him confused, until she finally caught on.

"No, no, no, no, no," Amu said as her blush disappeared. Koko just stood beside them looking confused.

"100 METER DASH!" Kukai exclaimed and started running at full speed, dragging Amu with him.

"AHHH!" Amu screamed while trying to keep up with him. Koko stood where he was, looking surprised, but snapped out of it and ran after them. After running for one hundred meters in less than five minutes, Kukai stopped and allowed Amu to catch her breath. He turned around to look at her. Amu was panting while resting her hands on her knees. Her face was flushed and her hair was messy. Kukai held back a blush and turned to look at something else. Amu took one deep breath in before falling on the floor on her back. Koko then came running in their direction and collapsed onto the floor beside Amu.

"Holy crap, that was probably the fastest I've ever ran in the last five years," Koko exclaimed between huffs.

"You guys are so out of shape," Kukai snickered as he squatted down in front of the two.

"Shut up," Amu wheezed as she gasped for air. "We don't train every morning like you, nor are we on the soccer team."

"You're on the soccer team?" Koko asked.

"Captain of the soccer team standing before ya," Kukai said cockily with his nose pointed up towards the sky and his chest puffed out.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, come on Koko. Let's go," Amu said as she pulled Koko off the ground and started walking into the store. Kukai stood up and frowned at their closeness, but shrugged it off and followed after them. Koko and Amu joked around and laughed while Kukai just walked behind them, sulking. Why the hell are they so close? he thought while clenching his fists. Kukai had a depressing aura surrounding him, but he kept it well hidden for the first half an hour.

After half an hour, his depressing aura slowly changed into a murderous aura. Kukai followed after Koko and Amu while the two chatted in front of him. He tried cutting into their conversation but had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. Koko felt someone glaring at the back of his head and turned his head over his shoulder to see who it was. He spotted Kukai sitting by a fountain while he was picking out supplies with Amu. Koko started to sweat as Kukai continued to glare daggers at him.

"Hey Amu, your boyfriend is a bit intimidating, isn't he?" Koko asked Amu while keeping his eyes on the brunet.

"What do you mean?" Amu asked curiously. Koko pointed to Kukai and Amu turned to look at him. Amu immediately felt his murderous glare and saw that it was directed towards Koko. "Oh, you mean that," Amu said as Koko nodded his head. "He's just jealous," Amu told Koko bluntly.

"Jealous? Of what?"

"I'm pretty sure it's you," Amu said in a serious tone.

"…Me?" Koko asked as he pointed to himself. Amu nodded. It seemed like it took him a while to process what she just said. After Koko finally got what she was saying, he immediately burst out into laughter.

"I know. It's ridiculous," Amu said while looking at Koko in amusement as the said lad clutched his stomach. "Shut up already. People are looking at us funny." It was true. The people passing by gave them weird looks while Kukai just seemed like he was about to blow his top. Amu sighed at Koko's silliness, shook her head and looked at the list. She looked up from the list and disappeared into the crowd, leaving the two teenage boys by themselves by the fountain.

"Amu-chan?" Koko asked after he stopped laughing and noticed Amu was gone. He searched around the fountain but couldn't find her. He pouted and plopped down beside Kukai. "Looks like she left," he grumbled.

"Ugh, I can't believe I'm stuck with you," Kukai muttered.

"What a nice way to welcome someone," Koko replied sarcastically. They turned away from each other and refused to make eye contact. After ten minutes, Koko couldn't take the silence. He was never the quiet one. "Hey, do you hate me?" Kukai was taken aback by the comment. "It seemed like you wanted to murder me just awhile ago."

"I don't necessarily hate you. I just dislike you," Kukai replied while resting most of his weight on the two palms that were placed behind him. "Very much," he added.

"Because you're afraid I'll take Amu-chan away from you, right?" Koko asked with a smirk now placed on his lips.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Kukai denied, biting back a blush.

"Whatever you say," Koko replied and spotted Amu walking back towards them. "But just telling you," Koko started as he stood up. "I have a girlfriend."


Me: Well hope y'all enjoyed it! I borrowed Kokoro Yome from Gakuen Alice. I don't own him, though I wish I did. REVIEW PLEASE! plus I need some ideas for the next chapter...