Even at holidays I'm out of time, well…apart of it was a sloth but who cares? :/ since I've updated, you all should be able to enjoy it ^^'

Okay, okay, so here it is! Oh…that reminds me there's a spoiler in this chapter :x

"Aargh! Why did I oversleep?" Amu carries her legs as fast as she's capable to, the girl was the only one running late to her destination

Amu overslept because yesterday she got no sleep at all and so she took a nap that too comfortable with a pleasant dream, rarely. The pinkette awoke after a half hour later from their meeting hour after that she chose her clothes carelessly but still matching it.

As Amu on her way she sweats a little and panting heavily from keep running. The girl managed to get in mall within a few minutes but she greets by Utau's sullen face and Rima's bored ones while the two boys just sent her a smile for no reason. Utau took a step forward to the pinkette geek, her glare sends some chills through Amu's mind and she knows that Utau is gonna nag about her unpunctual arrival.

"How on earth were you late? It's like 45 minutes over our meeting hour! Care to explain?" the background behind Utau has changed into a hellish place that only fit with demons, but actually it fits her 'cause she has her demonic side

"R-relax Utau, it's not a big deal that Hinamori was late…at least she's here right now" Kukai tried to calm his blond girlfriend but it didn't work

"Shut up! This is my business, you know how I hate waiting especially as long as 45 MINUTES! Geez…" Utau scoffed and she crossing her arms like the way how an angry person looks like

"Amu-chan…" Nagi called her

"Oh, hey Nagi! What is it?" Amu replied nervously, she's still feeling guilty and scared of Utau's wrath

"How about cooling down over there, I'm sure Utau and Kukai will approach later on" Nagihiko smiles like he used to, except today it's just really bright

"U-uhm…yeah, I guess it's a better idea" Amu scratched the back of her head then she follows him but held back by the petite young blond

"Where do you think you're going?" she asked though obviously know what the answer is

"I was just offered by Nagi to sit there and now I'm going…" Rima still clinging on Amu's arm with that face that sort of pouting yet mischievous

"I'll come with you" Rima said frankly while her eyes stared intensely on Nagihiko who knows her stare even without looking

"Ehm…Rima-chan, you don't have to stare at me like that, you know?" the raven haired boy sweats, Rima just growls as a response

The three of them walk away from the devil and the poor guy who is being scold by her-well thanks to Amu *sarcasm*-. Amu, Nagi and Rima sat on the long wooden bench near a tree where they can see the mall's garden, is it weird for a wide mall to have a garden? It's rare but I don't think it's weird.

Nagihiko decided to buy the two girls some fresh drinks from the nearest counter he could see. When the two were alone, Rima starts a conversation.

"Amu, there's something I want to ask you" said her while fidgeting her fingers nervously and her face made an expression of a cute doll, Amu noticed her best friend's adorable expression

"What is it?" she tilted her head to look at Rima

"Uhm…eto…I-I uh, is it okay if we have feelings for someone close to us? I-It's not like I ask this out of the blue or for m-me, I just wanna know…that's all" she blushed a deep scarlet and hide it from her pinkette companion

"*giggles* No need to be so wrecked Rima, well it depends on how you judge it, if that someone's special to you; you will automatically want to keep a close distance to that person and you'll grow various feelings for him in no time" Amu smiled purely to her friend that sooth Rima really well

"Thanks, Amu!" Rima replied with a same smile. After a little while, Nagihiko came back with two soft drinks on his hands

"Well, here you go!" he gave it to them and they eagerly accepted it, well…Rima still doesn't approve of him for being a nice guy, Nagihiko knew this

"So, did the two couple have ended their fight yet?" Amu asked breaking the silence but only receive a shrug from both Rima and Nagihiko

"O-oh…I see" she sweat dropped, but speak of the devil…here she comes with an indifferent yet somewhat strange Kukai, something must be wrong

"Come on guys, let's go shopping!" Utau shouted in a harsh but inoffensive tone, Kukai followed along behind her with that strange expression that anyone can't describe

The three exchanged their gazes but then follow behind the blond diva into the entrance of the building. Without thinking far much, they head into the stores they need in an awkward silence because of Utau's tension, none of them would dare to break it up not even Kukai.

Firstly, the girls went into a beauty shop to buy some treatments especially for their skin. Amu just bought a night cream to sooth her face and a body lotion, the same for Rima except she bought a hand cream instead of a night cream, to make sure her hands stay smooth, and for Utau…well let's just say she bought a lot of treatments starting from a body lotion, hand cream, UV protection cream, facial cleanser, and so on. Kukai is the one who carries the shopping bags for Utau, while Rima rejected Nagi's offer to help her carry her stuff and of course that Amu is free from them.

The next thing, they went to buy some clothes for their trips. Rima really likes the sundress she just saw and hurried grab it before anyone did, meanwhile for Amu she's in the spot where all clothes are gothic Lolita fashion…definitely her favorite but out of all the cute punkish outfit she chose a dress that similar with the one she had at home (A/N: if you forgot…go check chap. 3) but this one looks like a maid outfit only gothic and the good part is that she can choose which boots and hairclip/bandana/ribbon/bowtie for the match, so she ends up with a black bowtie and a pair of long blackish boots reach up her knees. Utau is being Utau, she chose the most stylist dress and outfit according to how she'll fit with it, but of course…they're all expensive.

The three girls got some extra bags and this time Rima let Nagihiko took care of her shopping bags, it's more fortune for her. The boys didn't go and buy stuff like the girls 'cause what all they need were already in stock at their home and for boys, they obviously don't need so many treatments and stylist clothes like girls…just being casual is already enough. After buying and buying stuffs they needed, they all stopped in track just when Utau gave them a cue to. She moved forward a little and turned to see the other four with a glare but only a second until she pops her hand with 3 tickets to a film.

"Wanna break and watch a film?" she asked, fanning the tickets to her face

"Sure, why so sudden?" Amu, being the one who firstly asked the blond

"Just some animate film, I won a trade from my friend and these are the prizes…I guess not bad for once in a while" posing arrogantly, Utau shove each ticket to one person

"A ticket for two?" Nagihiko confused

"Yes, my friend said it's a special limited edition that one ticket is for two people so the ticket only useful for two but not single person" explained Utau flatly from her tone, Rima noticed Amu's sigh of anxiety

"Which means…" the petite girl grabbed Nagihiko and smiled devilishly to Amu, it makes her sweat

"Gomenne Amu-chan, I guess I'm with Rima" Nagihiko apologized, knowing Rima will force him no matter what, but inside he felt happy

"Then see you, hope luck is with you that perhaps a miracle will come" Utau waved at her, dragging Kukai like a pet dog only by the shirt

Amu stood there dumbfounded by her best friends and friend's action. Did they ditch her? Wish her some luck? What!

"It happened again, didn't it? *sigh* I sure am misfortune as a living being" Amu stared at her ticket not knowing what to do, she almost trash it but stop when she hears a familiar nagging voice

"What? You can't come nya? What am I suppose to do now nya?" a certain cat-looking boy whined through his blue cell

"No way am I going home! I wanna watch the film nya! My friends have been talking all about it lately nya and I won't be the one left out nya!" he shouted with the 'nya' phrase in every of his sentence

'Yoru?' Amu thought for a second then walked to take a close look on the person. And she's right! It was her lowerclassmen, Misaki Yoru. No wonder the 'nya' sounds no new to Amu's ears.

"No way! You have the ticket nya? Aww…what a damn luck nya!" Yoru gestured disappointingly "All right, I understand nya…see you later nya" he ended his call and turned around only to bump into the pinkette

"Ah, Yoru!" Amu put up a smile "What a coincidence, what are you doing here?" the geek politely asked, she tries to be as nice as possible

"Amu-senpai nya! I was waiting for Miki here nya, but she can't come because she has some urgent business nya…" nearly end of his tone is edging like he wants to cry but not

"Such a luck, so what'll you do from now on?" the girl saw him shrugged while shook his head, maybe she can take this chance about using the ticket

"Hey, if you have nothing else to do, wanna go watch the film with me?"

"*gasp* It's it nya! The limited edition ticket to Fairy Tail OVA, how'd you get it nya?" Yoru is jumping up and down like an excited 5 years old kid

"Utau gave me, she and the others were already inside…since I have no one to come with so maybe you want and-"

"I want to! I want to nya!" he exclaimed "My friends have been talking about it so often and I can't wait to show them I know too nya!" his palm balled into a fist and pumped it on the air of excitement

Amu sweat dropped, seeing the young blue teen's attitude really reminds her when Ami was still 8. 'Wow, Yoru can be a total kid sometime…' She said in her thought. They walked to the cinema entrance with the ticket Utau gave and luckily for Amu, she and Yoru got a seat nowhere near her friends. She wondered how they'll react if they see the teen who actually had done Ikuto's dirty work. As they sat on the chair, the film begins.

During the theme song, Yoru starts to whisper.

"Amu-senpai?" he called

"Hmm?" was only Amu's respond

"I'm so sorry about what happened in the pool nya, I actually didn't really want to hurt senpai nya…" Yoru's tone was sad, his eyes slowly drop and gazing the tip of his toes

Amu just keep her jaw straight, there's a silent between the two before she gets to answer.

"It's okay, it's not all your fault and…let's just forget about it, but it doesn't mean I have forgiven the culprit who planned it" a forced smile crept on Amu's face, Yoru took the hint knowing whom she talks about

"Oh…thanks Amu-senpai nya!" quietly he said it, gave her a quick hug then continuing to watch the film.

It's not butterflies in a stomach or anything such as, but Amu faintly flushed into pink. She feels strange but it's not the kind like love, probably it's something like a friend-like thing. She doesn't know how to describe it, but it feels like something burden from her shoulder lift and left her quite spacious at the moment. She's slightly grateful that Yoru isn't as bad as she thinks, though she ever doubt it but no more, knowing what he hides through that face of him. It's weird to actually can see someone's true persona through their face but it's better to know something than nothing.

When the film was finished, Yoru bid his farewell and run along amongst the crowd then lost in sight. Amu just smiled, forgetting that she's here with her friends who were standing behind her and staring. Right when Amu spun around she caught the bemused stares.

"Amu…?" Utau said

"Who're you looking at?" Rima continued

"A-ah that…uh…just a friend that I offered to watch the film since I have no one hehehe…" she sweats and scratching her non-itch head

"Well, since we're all here let's walk home together, shall we?" Nagihiko took the chance to break the interrogation of his two blond friends, well…Rima is special so that exclude

"Right! It's already late by the way, I think my parents wouldn't like if I stay late outside"

It worked, Utau and Rima stay shut and followed. The five of them went their separate ways nearby Amu's house complex and Amu immediately went home. She planned to go straight ahead to bed but instead a phone ringing right exactly.

"Onee-chan! I miss you so much! Let's talk!" the young brunette girl spread sparks of 'moe' through the phone which emitting flowers but it didn't affect Amu, not a bit

"Ami…I'm tired, how about we talk some other times 'kay?" when Amu said this, Ami sounds like she wanna cry but she held it back and instead she let an 'it's okay' voice out

"Okay! But onee-chan?" suddenly her mood changed and replaced by a straight calm one

"Yes?"

"Onee-chan promised Ami that onee-chan will come to Ami's next beauty pageant, right? So…you better come! Take a look on the poster near the phone." Amu took the piece of poster, it's a poster about her beauty pageant and it'll be held somewhere at several months later.

'So it'll be held after the exam…I'm glad it wouldn't be a burden' said Amu in her mind, unconsciously she smiled

"Okay, I sure will come…Ami." This brighten Ami's mood

"Yay! I can't wait, the first time onee-chan will see Ami perform!" with that she became happy and then ended the phone call

So one problem solved, but more to come. In her room Amu remembers that tomorrow is when the announcement of the summer trip with her classmate and the other sophomore from other classes too. She doesn't know how to face that person or rather demon, in fact she almost redeem her attempt to go tomorrow but she knows Utau and Rima won't let that happen. It's hard to forget someone you loved unless you got a new one, in Amu's case she doesn't know how to feel toward someone she had ever liked –or that's what though- and it confused her.

'What's a girl to do after she's heartbroken?'

Suddenly her phone's beeping and it's a text from Utau.

Utau:

Oh yeah, Amu...about that novel can you bring it tomorrow? A lot happened and I didn't even remember it :o

Amu:

Oh right! ^^' okay then, tomorrow for sure :p

Soouwiiieee…I'm late again =3= I have a lot in my mind lately :x but it reminds me…Ikuto hasn't appeared for a while after the pool incident, I promise he'll show up on the next chapter *grin*

Well hope you like it and to tell you, I'll be busy these months 'cause of exams so I won't be updating sooner :x sumimaseeeen!

R&R