Me: Hello everybody! Happy Holidays! Hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas! And if you don't celebrate Christmas...well...I hope you're having a wonderful winter break! This is chapter 11 as I promised. Enjoy~!

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Narrator's P.O.V.

Kukai walked silently to school by himself. Amu, once again, did not come wake him up. This has got to stop, he thought to himself. He was going to talk to her today and make up with her.

"Kukai!" someone called him from behind. He turned around to see a girl with platinum blonde hair heading his way. "I called you like five times!"

"Sorry, I didn't hear you," he mumbled and looked away.

Utau frowned. Usually he would grin stupidly and look at her in the eye when talking to her. She did not like it one bit. "What's wrong, Kukai? You seem down this week," she said worriedly. Kukai sighed and did not respond. Instead, he kept on walking. Utau followed after him and they walked in an uncomfortable silence.

At the school gates…

"Amu-chi!" Yaya yelled. The pink-haired girl turned around and greeted her friend with a smile.

"'Morning, Yaya!" she called and waited for her friend to catch up. Then, a car pulled over and out stepped her other best friend. "G'morning Rima!"

"Good morning Amu," the blonde said quietly and flipped her blonde locks. The petite girl looked around to find the loud jock that would always be around Amu, but he was nowhere to be seen. She frowned. "Just how long is this silent treatment going last?" she asked her friend.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Amu replied.

"Don't give me the bullshit," Rima said bluntly. "You guys have been avoiding each other. Aren't you ever going to make up?"

Amu sighed. "We aren't avoiding each other."

"Yes, you are."

Amu huffed. "Can we not talk about this? The bell's gonna ring in a few." And with that, she walked off to their classroom.

Kukai arrived at the gates just seconds after Amu left. He looked around for the pinkette while Utau walked up from behind him. She saw Kukai searching for someone among the crowd, and then, after looking for a few seconds, he sighed. She frowned for the second time. She did not like the lack of attention. "Come on, Kukai," she said. "Let's get to class." He only nodded and followed after her like a lost puppy.

In their classroom…

Kukai sat down in his chair and rested his chin on the palm of his hand. He waited patiently for class to start. His classmates gave him looks of confusion and of worry. Kukai Souma does not just wait for class to start. He goofs around until the teacher tells him to stand in the hallways at punishment. Something was definitely wrong.

The teacher came in five minutes later and was ready to yell at Kukai when he saw him sitting in his seat while the others were out of their seats. Even the teacher was confused at the change. "S-settle down, c-class," the teacher stuttered. Everyone sat back down in their seats and their sensei cleared his throat. "Um, as you all know, every year, there are two students from each grade who will represent our school in a district camp that involves all the other public schools. So today, I want you to nominate two people in this class that would be suitable for the camp. Any questions?" A girl in the back raised her hand. "Yes?"

"Do we nominate a girl and a guy from our class?" she asked.

"Good question and yes. You can only nominate one boy and one girl," their teacher answered.

"How long is this camp?" a guy shouted out.

"Please raise your hand next time Tsukiyomi-kun. And to answer your question, the camp will be a week long."

"What exactly do you do in this camp anyways?"

"Tsukiyomi-kun, when I said raise you hand, I don't mean raise your hand and ask the question at the same time. I mean you raise your hand, I call on you, and then you can ask," the sensei sighed.

"Whatever. Are you going to answer my question?"

"You help discuss what you think your school need in terms of technology, equipment and supplies," their teacher answered. "Okay, no more questions. Now, I will be handing out two pieces of paper." Their teacher held up two slips of paper. One was blue, while the other was pink. "Write the name of the girl on the pink paper and write the name of the boy on the blue paper. The people with the most votes will get to represent our school." The teacher handed the pieces of paper to the students sitting in the front row and the students passed them back. The students started writing down names of people they wanted to nominate.

"Oh and you're not allowed to nominate yourself," their teacher reminded them and a series of groans echoed in the classroom. "When you're done, come hand in it into these boxes. Put the pink paper in the pink box and the blue paper in the blue box. If you guys get that wrong, you need to get your eyes checked or go back to kindergarten." After collecting every piece of paper there was, the teacher got the class representatives to count the votes.

"So, the guy representing our class is Kukai Souma with a total of nineteen votes," the class reps announced. "And the girl representing our class is Utau Tsukiyomi with a total of eighteen votes." The class cheered while the two nominees were confused.

"Hold up," Utau said. "Do we have to get nominated again? Since you said only two people from each grade can go."

"Exactly, Tsukiyomi-chan. You guys are going to go to the student council room today at lunch where all the other nominees of your grade will be gathered. And from there, there will be another vote."

Meanwhile…

"I nominate Himamori-san!" Nikaidou-sensei said excitedly.

"It's HINAMORI you stupid teacher. And no, I'm not doing it," Amu said coldly.

"Aw, come on Amu-chi!" Yaya whined. "It's just a week!"

"No. I hate those things. If any one of you nominate me, I will never talk to you again," she said, glaring at her fans. Her fans shivered and nodded. There was no way there would pass up a chance to talk to their idol. And that was how Amu Hinamori was not nominated to represent their grade.

After school…

"I can't believe we're going to the camp," Utau said with her eyes wide as she stared at the scenery before her. She had led the brunet to the rooftop of their school right after class ended.

"Well, you seem excited," Kukai sighed and sat down on the floor. He was not thrilled with the news. He was never good with these types of things.

"Aw, come on Kukai! It'll be fun! Besides, you don't have to come to school for a week," Utau smiled.

Kukai thought about it for a while. "I guess if you put it that way, it doesn't sound that bad…"

"That's the spirit! Well I gotta go," Utau said as she dusted her skirt. "See you tomorrow!" Kukai nodded and she walked away. The boy sat there for a few minutes before he decided it was time for him to head home. He grabbed his stuff and walked home.

On the way home, there was a river that he would always pass. He stared at the river. The sky was turning orange due to the sunset, making the water sparkle. He used to play by the river with his brothers and Amu. He smiled as memories washed over him. Then, he saw a figure sitting by the river. A girl with pink hair.


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