Morg: Heyo! I think it might be the change of scenery or the Michigan air, but I feel like writing all the time.

Ikuto: That isn't a bad thing.

Amu: For you maybe, but the things she writes…

Morg: Do go on.

Ikuto: What about the things Morg writes?

Amu: Let's just say I'm glad that she doesn't actually own us.

~Killed With Kisses~

"So what do we do now?"

"What do you mean, Amu?"

The pinkette sighed. She wasn't good with things like this. Sitting at her table with Ikuto after everything was cleaned and put away from their pizza dinner, Amu had no clue as to what to do next. Blame it on not being human or blame it on not being good with boys, it didn't matter. Amu still had no idea what to do next with her evening alone with Ikuto. "Well, what do you want to do now? Usually Kukai and Utau fight or something and that takes up the evening. What do we do when they aren't here?"

Ikuto fell silent for a moment. Amu was really cute. The confident girl didn't lose an ounce of her confidence while admitting that she wasn't sure how spending alone time with a boy went. She just confidently stated that she didn't know. Ikuto found it adorable. He couldn't not answer her. "How about we go for a walk? Maybe we'll run into those two and they can explain why they lied to me. Not that I'm angry about spending some alone time with you."

There was that blush again. Why did she feel so happy that Ikuto didn't just say that he was going home now that he'd eaten? Deciding to ignore it, Amu nodded her head. "Sure, a walk would be nice."

Ikuto smirked as he got up and moved towards the door. Amu had been right when she said that she kept the place ridiculously clean. The taller boy knew he'd have to be careful to keep no evidence of his presence as to lessen the work for the girl he found interesting. "Then let's go."

XXX

"Why are we here, Rima?"

"Slaves shouldn't question their masters."

Nagihiko sighed as he followed the short blonde who had captured his heart into a store. Today had been one of his days of servitude. Nagi had to admit that he loved every second of it. Rima tried to be harsh several times, but the girl always came off as adorable in Nagi's eyes. He knew that she was simply testing him by giving him tasks to see how far he'd go to please her. Granted, not all of them were horrible in Naghiko's mind. He quite enjoyed the swimsuit shopping. He'd even managed to make the girl blush when he commented a few of the suits.

Rima didn't know why she was doing what she was doing. Part of her wanted to push the boy away. Why deal with him when she could go back to being happy by herself? All alone. That was what she wanted, right? Then why did she keep doing things to keep him by her side? Why did he make her feel so warm?

Nagi only smiled as he followed Rima. They weren't done shopping yet, but pretty soon the girl would have to carry her own bags. Nagi was running out of hands to hold stuff. The rich girl certainly knew how to spend her money. "I apologize, master. Please do not be upset with a lowly servant such as me."

His words probably sounded innocent to anyone that may have heard, but Rima knew the difference in the tone of his voice. Shivers ran down her spine. "S-so what are we doing after this?"

"Aren't you the master?"

"I think the day will be over when we finish this."

Nagihiko smirked. The day of servitude would be over and yet Rima still wanted to spend more time with him. Things were definitely in his favor. "How about a walk in the park?"

The short blonde simply nodded and paid for her last items of the day.

XXX

Utau stared at the boy before her in disbelief. They had the entire evening to themselves and this was what he was suggesting? Could this boy get any stupider? "Why do we need to play soccer in the park? We could do anything and go anywhere!"

Kukai only smiled that charming smile of his before turning around to walk backwards and give the girl he was with a serious face while still grinning. "Hoshina! Why would we go and do the things that you can do anytime? Aren't you a famous rock star? How often do you just get to chill and play at the park without there being a meaning behind it? Let's just relax and have fun. Let loose."

The ridiculously, stupidly cute boy had a point when he put it that way. Utau couldn't come up with an argument so in the end she just agreed. "Sure, whatever. Let loose. I can handle that."

Kukai kept up his brilliant grin before spinning around to line himself up next to her. "So let's race!"

"It is on, Souma!"

XXX

Yaya wasn't sure what was going on. Kairi had asked her to go with him to the library and so she went with him to the library. For some odd reason, the smarter boy decided to sit down and read while they were there. Make no mistake, Yaya loved to read as well, but at the moment she was with Kairi. Kairi! The boy with green hair and glasses! The boy that screamed nerd and the boy that made her heart beat faster than candy ever could. Why did they have to be reading? "Kairi-san, Yaya wants to go to the park?"

A sigh escaped his lips as Kairi shut the book in his hands with a snap. How silly of him to think that Yaya would enjoy this? She was obviously the type of girl to not share his interests in reading. "I'm sorry for bringing you to a boring place. Sure, let's go to the park."

Yaya frowned. "What do you mean a boring place? Yaya loves the library, Yaya just feels a little restless right now and wants to go to the park with Kairi-san!"

Smiling a very, very small smile, Kairi nodded his head. "Alright then, let's go to the park."

XXX

Amu could sense them before they ever got close to the park. The other bodies moving in their direction while some were already there. She could always feel the people around her. Except for Ikuto. He was just good at being silent though so she didn't think anything of it.

Despite knowing that they were there, Amu also knew that she couldn't do a thing when she realized that the soccer game that Utau and Kukai were playing was about to include her and Ikuto. The ball was kicked out of control and sailing through the air straight at her. Amu knew it without ever seeing the ball. In fact, she was facing the opposite direction with Ikuto since they had only just arrived and hadn't made it to the fields yet.

Being not human gave Amu the advantage. There was plenty of time for her to stop the ball, but it would call for some out of this world moves and she couldn't do that. Not with Ikuto beside her and Tadase in a tree not far away. Her moves would lead to questions that she just didn't want to answer. So resigning herself to being struck hard by the ball directly on the back of her head, Amu waited for her fate and the slight pain that she'd feel. Of course, she'd have to play it up and act like she was human, but it wouldn't be hard. A lot less difficult that coming up with excuses.

The ball never hit, however. Just before the flying object came into contact with its target, Amu was saved. Ikuto snapped his wrist and sent the ball flying through the air in a different direction. Amu tried not to be pleased by the fact that it just happened to hit Tadase, causing the creepy boy to fall out of the tree, but she couldn't help it.

Turning while putting on a surprised face, Amu faked her shock the best she could. "Th-thanks Ikuto! That would have hurt."

Smirking at his success with killing two birds with one stone, Ikuto just leaned a little closer and feigned checking Amu for injuries while taking her chin into his hand and pulling her face closer to his. "Are you alright? That could have caused some real damage."

Amu nodded while her cheeks burned. Why did she blush for real when Ikuto touched her? Why did that stupid scientist give her the ability to actually blush for real? Damn that man! Damn this man! How could he make her feel so safe when she knew that he could be the biggest danger to her freedom out of everything else? 'F-fine."

"Amu! Are you okay! Stupid Souma is an idiot!"

"Hey! Hoshina! I'm not an idiot! It isn't my fault that Amu just happened to get in the way of my awesome kick!"

Ikuto only chuckled before releasing Amu's chin. "Glad to see that you are okay."

Still blushing, Amu looked down and nodded.

Utau shared a grin with Kukai as they watched the interaction. She'd known the moment she say Ikuto touch Amu and the girl let him that Amu liked the lanky boy. He wasn't much to Utau's taste, but if liked him then that was good enough for the famous girl. "You should still apologize! What if Ikuto hadn't saved her?"

After Kukai seriously apologized, the four friends decided to walk around together, completely forgetting the boy on the ground in pain and their ball. The evening was moving on, but the sun still gave off plenty of light. Soon enough they met Nagi and Rima also going for a walk. The conversation was short before they agreed to walk along too. Their friends said not a word as to Nagi having his arm around Rima's shoulders.

Several minutes later, a squeal was heard. Heading towards the sound, the six friends met up with an excited Yaya and a not so bored looking Kairi. By this time the sun was quickly setting. Curious as to why Yaya had squealed, Amu approached their other two friends. "What's up guys?"

Yaya only squealed again before gripping Kairi's hand and pointing towards the darkening sky. "Yaya just saw another one, Kairi-san!"

Seeing as how the overly stimulated girl was not going to answer them due to her state, Kairi turned towards the approaching group and answered the question. "We are just enjoying the park this evening and Yaya spotted a –"

"Yaya sees one! Yaya sees another firefly, Kairi-san! Look at them!"

Soon enough the sky was full of blinking lights. Amu watched them for the first time ever. Before, she'd seen them of course, but she'd always ignored them as just another useless bug. Now, however, watching the girl gaze at them and even seeing some of the others watch them in awe, Amu couldn't help but appreciate their beauty.

Ikuto slid closer to the girl he'd spent the evening with. "What's so great about them?"

Amu shrugged as she looked back at him, noticing how close he was and not doing a thing to move away. "I'm not sure. I guess they are sort of pretty to watch."

Ikuto said not a word as he slipped his arm around Amu's shoulders to watch the bugs float lazily in the air and display their lights. He couldn't help but note how good it felt to have the shorter girl beside him.

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Morg: Oh look at that! More fluff!

Ikuto: Yeah…

Amu: At least this won't go beyond that.

Morg: No, but it is going to be epic!

Ikuto: Just write the good stuff.

Amu: Whatever. Review if you want.