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"Why did I agree to this?" Two girls muttered, hiding their mortified expressions as they slid further down the booth seats. Their boyfriends, who had been regretfully left alone together when they went to the restroom earlier, were making a big show of proving who was the manliest of the two.

Amu blew her hair out of her face as she took a drink of her iced tea, watching her perverted cat-boyfriend give Kisshu a triumphant look as he scored another goal at air hockey. She knew Ikuto wanted to prove he was the best-it was a guy thing-but she honestly just wanted to enjoy her first date.

Meanwhile, Ichigo was having a similar dilemma as she watched her alien-in-disguise boyfriend challenge Ikuto to another ridiculous video game as they ignored the two twelve-year-olds. At first, it had been really cute to watch them try to show off, but it soon grew annoying when the cousins realized they had been practically ditched.

"This is such a waste of time," said Amu, frowning as she watched Ikuto and Kisshu glare at each other. "I feel like they're the ones on the date, and not us." The leader of the Mews nodded reluctantly and they shared a look, coming to the same conclusion as they stood.

Ichigo sighed as the two girls walked out of the roller arcade. "I know they're just being guys, but honestly! He's really lucky he's cute…not that I would ever say that to him, or risk suffering endless teasing." Her cousin nodded understandingly as they looked up and down the darkened street before crossing it. "Ow, these shoes are killing me; your feet are way smaller than mine."

"Let's just transform and go back to my house," suggested Amu. The strawberry redhead nodded as they ducked into an alley, careful as to not be seen. A few seconds later, Mew Ichigo and Amulet Heart were leaping over the rooftops over the city. Miki and her sisters were exchanging looks as they followed the two peeved girls; Yoru had decided to stay at the roller arcade, mostly because there was food everywhere but also to explain the girls' disappearance.

A few minutes later, their transformations ended and the two girls entered the Hinamori household with a longing to settle in the bath and forget their disastrous double date. The only thing that stopped them from doing so was the fact that the house was practically in shambles.

Amu dropped her purse as a horrified expression formed on her features, slowly walking into the living room to spot her three-year-old sister sitting in the middle of a huge mess with ice cream stains covering a majority of her face. "W-what….what happened?"

Ami tilted her head cutely, staring at her sister with a confused expression as she blinked twice. "Onee-chan left and I was hungry…" She then clapped her sticky, ice cream coated hands together proudly before she pointed towards the messy kitchen. The freezer door was left wide open and there was a stool in front of it, allowing Amu to see that several things had fallen to the ground and that the frozen food had melted and were most likely spoiled.

"All by myself," exclaimed Ami proudly just as her cousin entered the room, gasping loudly.

The pink haired girl gasped, paling considerably. She couldn't believe how foolish and irresponsible she had been to forget that her little sister would be home alone while she went on her date! Ami had been in her room, playing with her toys, when Ikuto and Kisshu had stopped by hours ago. With the sudden realization that she had indeed loved Ikuto, the memory of her agreeing to watch the three-year-old while their parents were away had completely slipped her mind.

She collapsed on the couch, ignoring the sticky liquid that seeped through her clothing-she really hoped it was juice-and placed a hand over her forehead. "I…I left my sister all alone, didn't I? I'm such a terrible sister." Amu moaned. "I can't believe I did all of this just because I got carried away by a boy! My dad would have a heart attack if he found out…" She gasped suddenly, shooting upright. "My dad, no, what would my mother say if she found out? Oh god, they're coming back tomorrow morning! How the hell am I supposed to clean all of this up and…and…explain everything?"

Ichigo saw that her cousin was about to have a heart attack, and nothing her four Charas were saying could calm her, so she moved quickly across the room and forced the pinkette to stand. "Listen, Amu. You need to calm down." She surveyed the room, internally cringing at the thought of having to clean it up alone. "I'll help you clean up everything and I'm sure your parents wouldn't believe a three-year-old over their twelve-year-old daughter, who had done nothing in the past to doubt their trust in her."

Amu wasn't any calmer, however. "But I have! My mother found out about this time when I secretly kept Ikuto here because he was hiding from his stepfather, and she was really disappointed by my lack of trust in her! She'll know something's up for sure!"

The strawberry Mew shook her head. "We have a lot of time before your parent come home, Amu; we can clean everything up in time, get Ami in the bath and bribe her with some toys or something, and your parents will never know we even left."

The soothing tone from her normally ditzy and rash cousin had the Joker thinking more clearly as she nodded slowly. "Yeah…yeah, I guess if we hurry and…" Her eyes wandered over to the kitchen and she frowned. "But what about all that food that Ami had pulled out and knocked to the floor? It's all probably spoiled and rotten. How do I explain that to my parents?"

Ichigo thought about that, stumped, but then jumped and hissed at the sudden thunder from outside; as a cat, she despised rain. But an idea had struck her, for once, grateful for the booming noise. "Hey, it was raining pretty hard earlier. You can just say that the power went out earlier and didn't come back on until hours later. We can see what's leftover, see what is still edible, and put it in a cooler or something to say we couldn't save everything."

Amu nodded, much calmer than she had been minutes before. "Right…that's…that's believable." She glanced at the clock. "It's only eight? We only have a few hours to clean up everything. You should go change; you can borrow a pair of my pajamas and spend the night, saying you didn't want to be alone in a rainstorm with your parents gone for the weekend. I'll go get Ami in the bath and wash our clothes."

Ichigo smiled reassuringly at her cousin, squeezing her shoulder comfortingly as the pinkette lifted the three-year-old up and began to walk upstairs. She admired the fact that she could shift into such a situation so easily. The cat-like girl had been so uncharacteristic to be the voice of reason; that was normally Lettuce's job when she panicked. Ichigo didn't know what she would have done if the situation had been reversed.

Another clap of thunder startled her, making her jump, and she instinctively hissed at the window as if the panel of glass was the reason it was pouring outside. The twelve-year-old then blinked and shook her head, suddenly aware of how tired she was, and ached to get out of the stunning outfit she had borrowed from her cousin. She sighed and walked upstairs, hearing the water in the bathroom run as she entered Amu's bedroom.

Clothes were sprawled all around, from when the girls had gone into a frantic search for perfect first-date outfits to impress the boys that had ended up ditching them. Ichigo wrinkled her nose at the memory, and made a mental note to string out the issue as long as possible to make Kisshu feel guilty when the two of them finally realized what they had done. She was sure Amu would do the same, though she knew they would both crack soon after because of their boyfriends' behavior.

Honestly, all the boys had to do was say something perverted in an innocent tone to make the girls blush. Maybe not even that. Kisshu could just give her that impish look, silently pleading with his hypnotizing golden eyes to have her forgive his behavior…and she would probably melt under his look, making him smirk and say something suggestive to make her blush before stealing a kiss and having her insides turn to goo as she got lost in the moment and kissed him back…

"Ugh, I'm getting distracted again," muttered Ichigo as she closed-and locked-the balcony door, pulling the curtains as well, before she began to undress. She knew Kisshu could just teleport in, but he would be begging for redemption and would try to avoid doing things that would irk her even more…she hoped.

Just as she finished getting dressed, Amu burst in with an utterly exhausted look. One look at the clock revealed that nearly an hour had passed since their arrival at home, and Ichigo scowled at herself for getting so distracted when her cousin needed her.

The said cousin shoved her manga books and clothes off her bed, collapsing on it and moaning into the comforters. "Ugh; I got a headache just thinking about all the cleaning we'll have to do!"

Ichigo gave her a sympathetic look as she brushed her hair. "Where's Ami?"

"Asleep in her room," replied Amu as she rolled over, staring at the ceiling. "It took forever to convince her not to tell Mama and Papa; she finally agreed when I promised her that she could play with the 'Shugo Characters' every day for the next month."

"I'm guessing your Charas aren't happy?" Ichigo remarked, spotting the irritated guardians float into the room. "Hey, didn't you say one of them was good at cooking and cleaning? Can't you just…transform and clean it all up?"

Amu shot up, staring wide-eyed at her cousin. "Of course! I'm such an idiot!" She turned to her Charas with a hopeful expression, unknowingly unleashing her infamous 'sparkle attack'. "I know I did a bad thing but can you please help me, Su?"

Her Charas all grimaced at her look; not even her other selves could hold out against that damned sparkle attack. Well, maybe Miki and Dia could but Ran and Su were a lot warmer and less guarded than them.

Su sighed. "This doesn't make up for what you did, Amu-chan, desu…but I know you didn't mean to leave Ami here…so I'll transform with you and clean the mess desu." She looked sternly at her bearer, frowning disapprovingly. "But you have to promise not to let Ami strangle us to death desu."

The pink haired girl let out a sigh of relief, nodding frantically. She was so desperate, she probably would have agreed to dance naked on top of the Eiffel Tower. Well, maybe not that, but the point was made. "I'll see what I can do. Thank you, Su!" She and her green Chara raced downstairs, only to come back up and grab the Humpty Lock, before transforming and instantly fixing the disaster within the house.

Ichigo patted her cousin's shoulder as they sat on the recently cleaned couch, both of them wearing their pajamas. "I told you everything would be alright. Now all we have to do is worry about how to handle our stupid boyfriends."

Amu scowled, crossing her arms. "Don't remind me. I can't believe the nerve of that damn Ikuto! I never would have thought he'd be that kind of guy! I mean, they're probably around the same age and they ditched two twelve-year-old girls alone while they tried to prove who was better? Unbelievable!" Her cousin nodded in agreement, frowning.

"Kisshu has spent months trying to convince me that his feelings were real, saying I should forget about Aoyama-kun and go with him," she replied. "I finally agree to go out with him and he does this? I guess guys are only sweet when they're not trying to show off."

"Which is always," added Amu. "We need to show them that they really messed up. I mean, this was our first official date too! Yes, Ikuto's brought me to amusement parks and I guess we've kinda been unofficially dating but…" She growled. "We have to get them back for this!"

Ichigo sighed. "I agree, but how would we do it? From what you told me, Ikuto is always one step ahead of you. Kisshu is the same way. They would easily break our walls like they always do and we would be the ones looking like idiots. And I don't think I could ever be angry at someone for too long, especially if they're my boyfriend."

The Joker stood, angrily pacing the room. "I don't think I could either," she admitted, thinking of all the times she had stated she hated Ikuto but seemingly forgot about that false hatred the next time she saw him. "But this is…those guys need to know how badly they've messed up! They didn't notice it, but there were girls crawling all over them and eyeing them too. And they were gorgeous girls too! The fact that they were unbothered by it pissed me off! One girl was touching Ikuto, obviously flirting with him, and he didn't even bat an eyelash! I have never wanted to punch somebody so badly, although I'm not sure if it would be that girl or Ikuto!"

Ichigo thought her cousin was being a bit over-the-top, but then remembered that there had been girls flirting with Kisshu as well. The memory caused her heart to clench painfully; she absently wondered if he would forget about her once a much prettier and more mature girl entered the picture.

Slowly, the cat-girl realized what was going on. Her cousin-her normally, confident and cool cousin-was having an insecure moment. And this was a moment that had been caused by the idiocy of her new boyfriend. Ichigo understood, of course. Both Kisshu and Ikuto were much more mature than them, and they were incredibly gorgeous. Ichigo considered herself plain-looking, and Amu thought she wasn't cute or pretty at all, which was quite ridiculous. But Ichigo knew that if she saw a beautiful older girl hitting on her boyfriend so casually, she would be insecure too. Even if she herself was deemed the Most Beautiful Girl in the World, she would still feel insecure.

"Amu," she said softly. "I know where you're going with this and trust me; there are other ways to get revenge other than making them jealous. Kisshu would probably kill any guy who even looked at me…and I mean it. I couldn't tell you how many times he tried to kill Aoyama. That reminds me; I still need to officially break-up with him."

Amu sighed, hugging her knees. "I know, I know. Ikuto would actually try to say something insulting to irritate me and then walk away like it was a game to him. And to him, that would be the same as handing me over to that guy. He's the kind of person to sacrifice his own happiness for someone else's, and he knows it." She looked over at her cousin, not realizing she was on the edge of tears.

"Maybe we're overlooking this? I mean, they were just being guys. Ikuto didn't have many friends his age and certainly doesn't know many people who are just as sadistic and perverted as he is. And Kisshu, from what you've told me, probably needs someone his own age to goof around with and everything. That Pai guy sounds too traditional and serious, kinda like my friend, Kairi, so he's probably a snooze-fest to Kisshu. And that Taruto kid you were telling me about, he probably wouldn't understand Kisshu as well and Kisshu probably wouldn't want to hang around someone younger than him for too long."

Ichigo furrowed her eyebrows together. "So, what you're saying is…they ditched their girlfriends…for each other?"

The pink haired girl giggled before something wet trickled down her cheek, startling her greatly. She quickly wiped her tears away. "I guess you could say that. I think we should just be honest and tell them that we understand but are still annoyed at them. And also to remind them that next time, they have to immediately brush off any girls trying to flirt with them." The last part was said half-jokingly.

Ichigo crossed her legs, sharply looking at the ball of yarn lazily resting on the coffee table. She eyed it cautiously for a few moments, fighting the urge to grab it and play with the colorful string. "Oh, definitely. Kisshu can't even look at another pretty girl because he's mine…" She then realized what she had said and groaned. "Great; I even sound like him! He's supposed to be the possessive, clingy one-not me!"

Amu smiled at her cousin playfully, nudging her leg with her knee gently. "Maybe it's a sign that you were meant to be? If only you realized it sooner." Her cousin glared at her.

"Oh, like you knew Ikuto was the one for you at first meet," she snapped, blushing lightly. Amu scowled at her, but they dropped the subject. "Hey, I just realized; where are your Charas?"

"They're still miffed at me for letting Ami play with them so they're hiding in my room somewhere," explained the pinkette before she glanced at the clock. "It's almost ten; do you want to go to bed soon?" A small smirk crossed her lips when Ichigo replied with a loud yawn. "I guess that's a yes?"

Ichigo blushed, glaring at her. "Shut up." The smirk remained though, and the cat-like girl hit her cousin with one of the couch cushions before standing and stomping upstairs irritably. She heard her cousin laugh as she trailed after the leader of the Mews. "And that's not fair to ask; as a cat, I'm always tired. I fall asleep in random places everyday at the weirdest times!"

"Ikuto is the same way," said Amu as they entered her bedroom. She had made sure the front door was locked and Ichigo had said she had locked the balcony door so no intruders were expected that night. "He usually tricks me by pretending to be asleep and then waiting until I'm close by so he can hug me or something."

Ichigo smiled fondly as the two girls slipped into the bed, which was big enough to hold them both. It had to be, considering it was big enough to have a twelve-year-old girl and a seventeen-year-old male sleep on it together.

"That's actually kind of cute," she said, removing her hair from her traditional pigtails and placing the hair-ties on the dresser. "How did you guys meet again?"

Amu sighed as she reached over, turning off the light, before cuddling under the blankets and staring at the ceiling. "Um, it was the day I found out about the Charas. Ran had Chara Changed with me during a school assembly and made me unwillingly confess to Tadase in front of everyone. When he rejected me, the Change ended and I ran out crying. I ended up going to this old construction site and just as I wished to crawl into a hole, I fell into a ditch where Ikuto had been sleeping. I landed on him and he kind of creeped me out by sniffing me and saying I smelled like birth." She blushed at the memory. "Then he tried to steal my eggs and well…the rest is history."

Ichigo raised an eyebrow, looking at her in the dark. "So your first impression of him was that he was a creepy pervert and that you would never be interested in him?" Her cousin nodded, and she giggled. "I know that feeling. I was still getting used to the whole Mew-Mew thing and I was going home after a long day when Masha announced that there was an alien nearby. I thought he was broken at first because he has a track record of messing up, but then Kisshu announced his presence and he jumped down from a tower. The next thing I knew, his lips were pressing against mine. I was too stunned to move and when he pulled away, I realized that this weird alien guy had just stolen my first kiss. He then teleported away and well…I thought I hated him, especially after he continued to cause havoc around Tokyo."

Amu shook her head, closing her eyes. "It's kind of crazy how our lives are so similar."

Her cousin nodded as a heavy drowsiness settled over her. She yawned. "It kinda is, isn't it?" Yet another yawn slipped out and she turned on her side, fluttering her eyelids shut and murmuring, "Good…" She yawned again. "Good night, Amu."

Amu was sleepy as well, but she suddenly remembered something that the cat-girl had said. "Kisshu can teleport?" Her cousin nodded sleepily, only to shoot up in bed like the pinkette as they came to the same conclusion. Two perverts that wanted to make it up to them, and one of them being able to teleport in-and-out?

They exchanged looks, frantically looking around the room before both sets of eyes landed on the closet door. Ichigo moved swiftly and gracefully as she leaped out of the bed, yanking the door open and frowning at the two boys that tumbled out. Amu turned the lights on and crossed her arms as she glared at her boyfriend. Ichigo was doing the same.

"You're not helping your case, you know," they said together as the boys picked themselves up. "What were you thinking, leaving us like that?"

Kisshu grimaced. "Please don't speak together like that; it's creepy, Koneko-chan." The blue haired male beside him nodded once to agree, though his eyes were on the upset pinkette he adored. He remembered how annoyed Yoru sounded when the two of them had finally realized their dates had disappeared, initially making them forget about their competition as they panicked. The girls were airheads, after all, and were bound to get themselves in some sort of trouble.

Ichigo glared at her boyfriend. "I shouldn't even be speaking to you for what you did. I finally agree to go on a date with you and give you a chance, and you end up ditching me for another cat?" The alien cringed at her harsh tone. "The least you can do is stop hiding behind that disguise." Kisshu withered under her gaze as his features returned to normal.

Meanwhile, Amu was attempting to shoot lasers at her boyfriend with her eyes. "And I finally decide which boy I want to be with, after all my conflicting feelings, and you decide to go off with some alien while ignoring every girl in the room-including your date, who had been watching a dozen girls practically drape over you?"

Ikuto didn't flinch at her words, but he frowned slightly when he looked into her eyes and saw how hurt she was. Her lower lip began to tremble and he realized how inconsiderate he had been to her feelings. She had made a sudden decision to date him and his actions were most likely causing her to doubt her feelings. She could have picked the kiddy king, after all, but she didn't.

He would normally tease her about being jealous-he hadn't missed the sudden harshness of her tone when she mentioned the other girls-but that probably wouldn't help him get out of the hole had dug himself into. Instead, the seventeen-year-old male stepped forwards and hugged the petite girl, pulling her close and resting his chin on the top of her head.

"I'm sorry," he said quietly before pulling away and staring at her intensely. "I never meant to hurt you. I promise I will never do something so stupid again."

Amu was startled by the intensity in his eyes, but her previous anger and jealousy started to dissolve-like she knew it would. She looked away shyly. "I…I forgive you, Ikuto." She wrapped her arms around him timidly and hugged him again, shocking him for a few seconds before he smiled and returned the hug.

The adorable and heart-warming exchange was missed by the other couple.

"Koneko-chan…Ichigo," started Kisshu, using her name to emphasize how serious he was being. "I really am sorry. I know it doesn't look good for me after you made such a bold decision to finally lose that Tree-Hugger, but I want you to know that I meant what I said before." His features softened and she blinked, startled by the innocence and sincerity he held. "You're more than just my toy, Ichigo. You're an angel given to me by the gods, and I know I don't deserve you but I also know I don't want to lose you. I promise I won't hurt you ever again." He closed his eyes, slowly floating down to the ground so that his feet were actually touching the carpet, and sighed. "Please…please forgive me for being so stupid, Ichigo."

Ichigo stared at him, touched by his short speech. She blinked back tears and her plan to continue to yell at him was thrown out the window as she stood on her tippy-toes to kiss his cheek. His eyes shot open in surprise.

"I forgive you, Kisshu," she whispered, smiling at him. He returned the gesture, up until she suddenly yanked on his ears.

"Ow, ow," he cried out, getting the attention of the other two people. Ichigo smiled sweetly at him, but her eyes were hard.

"However, you do something like that again, and I can absolutely guarantee that we won't have any children in the nearby future," she continued before releasing his ear. The alien rubbed it, frowning, before he realized what she had said and grinned wickedly.

"We?" He repeated, making her blush to the roots of her hair. "Well, you said 'nearby' but is there any chance of doing that? I mean, we could forget that part. There is a bed right there."

"That's my bed!"

"Well, they could go in the guest room and we could just stay here, Amu."

"See, everything works out then."

Ichigo and Amu were bright red as they glared at their boyfriends, who were giving them sadistic looks. They were both flustered and were sputtering to find their voice. Finally, both of them just pointed at the balcony door and exclaimed, "Get out, you pervert!"

Ikuto and Kisshu exchanged looks, smirking, before they each kissed their girlfriend and disappeared out the balcony door. They left behind two very flustered girls, who both had trouble falling asleep as perverted thoughts continued to penetrate their young and innocent minds.

The strawberry had been bested by the pervert once again…for now.

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I don't know SC or TMM!

So…I made a second part to explain what happened on the date and to cover what had happened to Ami.

Yeah…I should have been working on my other stories but…here we are…

*bangs head against the wall* Why do these plot bunnies bother me when I know I have to do something else?!

Yeah, so again, don't hesitate to tell me what you thought or if you found any mistakes!