Title: Kukai's Dating Lessons
Pairing(s): Kutau, Rimahiko, Yairi, Amuto.
Warning: OOC, no charas, no Tadase, randomness.
Disclaimer: I do not own Shugo Chara.
A/N: Hi again! First of all, I'm so sorry for not updating this fic in such a long time. I probably lost all of you guys already. T_T I'm just so busy, and I'm sorry about not being able to update. So here's a bonus chapter! It's longer than usual! Enjoy~
Bonus: A Quadruple Date?
"Hello?" Rima answered her phone, lowering the volume of the TV. She's watching her favourite comedy show, as usual.
"Rima? It's me, Amu." A voice on the other side replied.
"Oh, hey Amu. What's up?"
"I was just wondering if you want to go with me and the others to the grand hall this Saturday. Utau's having a concert, and we got a bunch of tickets from Sanjo-san." She explained.
"Oh, okay. I'll go." Rima decided.
"Great!" The pinkette answered, "But you have to bring a date. Okay? Bye!"
"Wai-" The blonde said, but the line is already cut off. A date? She thought, who am I gonna go with?
"Souma," Ikuto called, "Mashiro and Yuiki are now in on our plan. Amu managed to lure them in," He explained.
"Great!" Kukai replied, giving the older Tsukiyomi a thumbs-up.
"So, what now?"
"I think, I'm gonna call Nagi and Kairi to come here. So I can tell them to ask Yaya and Rima to be their date." The brown-haired boy said.
"Right. I'll be going now. I have to check on Utau. Make sure she's ready for tomorrow." Ikuto jumped up to the window at the Royal Garden, and disappeared a second later.
Kukai pulled out his phone, and dialed Nagihiko's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's me!" Kukai said cheerfully, "Can you come to the Royal Garden right now? We can start your next lesson!"
Nagihiko sighed, and he doubted whether he should trust Kukai or not. Because the last time he followed his advice, he suffered through total public humiliation (the whole country saw him!) and got the title of 'worst-dressed'. "Um, I'm kind of busy ri-" He tried to make an excuse, but Kukai cut him off.
"Great! Meet me here in 15 minutes." He hung up. After he does the same thing to Kairi (using the same tactic!) he felt like a genius, and the world's greatest matchmaker ever.
Kairi and Nagihiko arrived exactly 15 minutes later, and when they did they saw Kukai holding a stack of tickets.
"Kukai-sensei," Kairi called, pushing his glasses up.
"Hey!" Kukai replied, and motioned them to come closer to him. They did, and the oldest of the three showed them the tickets he'd been holding.
"Um... what's that?" Nagihiko asked suspiciously, his eyes narrowing.
"Oh, nothing. These are tickets to Utau-koi's concert on Saturday." He explained.
"Okay... so why do we need these?" He asked again, still suspicious.
"Well, of course we're going to come to support Utau-koi. But these are special tickets. We can also use this ticket to get in the after-party." He stopped for a second as the two boys absorb the information, "But everybody who enters must bring a date. The girls are going, although they don't have a date yet." He continued, "So here are 3 tickets." He showed the tickets to them again, and continued, "One for Nagi, one for Kairi, and this is for Tsukiyomi."
"You mean Tsukiyomi Ikuto-san?" Asked Kairi. Kukai nodded in reply. "But what about you?"
"Oh, don't worry about me. I'm the guest of honor. I'm Utau's date." He grinned, feeling rather proud.
"Right.. And what does this have to do with us?" The Fujisaki boy asked again.
"Well, you're gonna go with Rima of course!" Kukai grinned widely.
"No, I'm pretty sure Rima doesn't want to talk to me anymore..." He said sadly.
"Well, then. Too bad. But she really wants to go. So I guess I'll ask my brother Rento if he wants to go as Rima's date..." He trailed off.
"Okay, fine. I'll ask her. What about you, Kairi?" He turned to the other boy.
"Alright. I'll ask Ace if she is interested in this party." He paused, "Then I'll ask her to be my date."
"Perfect." Kukai smiled, handing them both their tickets. "I gotta go now, I have to go to Utau-koi's. I'm gonna eat dinner at her house and help her choose the songs she's gonna sing. Oh, before I forget, I need to remind to boys to behave like gentlemen id they accept your offer to be their date. Now, bye!"
Nagihiko sits himself down on his usual chair, and pull out his cellphone. He's about to dial Rima's number, but hesitated. Kairi sits across from him, in Yaya's chair, of course.
"What's wrong, Fujisaki-sempai?" He asked, sensing Nagihiko's nervousness.
"Nothing, I'm just worried she's gonna reject me."
"Don't worry. Think positive." He adviced, although more to himself than to Nagi, "And wish for the best. Good luck," He was about to leave, but Nagihiko stopped him.
"Why don't you stay, I might need some moral support." He takes a deep breath and dialed the Queen's number.
"Hello?" A soft (and cute, according to Nagi) voice said.
"Hey, Rima-chan? It's Nagihiko."
"Oh. Bye." Rima hangs up.
"Wa-" Beep beep beep. Nagihiko banged his head on the table. "See? She doesn't even want to talk to me."
"Why don't you try again." Urged Kairi.
"Um.. I don't know about this." Nagihiko fidgeted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Come on!" Kairi said, "Okay, I'll go first and show you that this is not impossible." He didn't realize what he just said, and when it hit him he realized that he has to call the Ace right now, ready or not. Here goes nothing, he thought.
"Hello! Iinchou?" Yaya's cheerful voice greeted him, even before the first ring.
"Um, yes, Ac- no, I mean, Yaya-chan." He took a deep breath to steady himself. "So, um, I heard you're going to Utau-san's concert on Saturday?"
"Yep. What about it?" Yaya asked, completely oblivious to the fact that Kairi is nervous as hell.
"You do have the ticket for the after-party, right?" He asked lamely, well of course she has the ticket! He just wants to take his time.
"Of course! Yaya's so excited about this!"
"So, um.. Could you please- um, no.. Can you be- er... no.. I mean..." Kairi stuttered, his brain working rapidly, trying to find the right sentence. Not too obvious, but not too subtle.
"What? Yaya can't understand anything..." She asked, confused.
Kairi took another deep breath, "Do you want to go with me? I mean, to the after-party? I heard you need to bring a date."
"Ummm..." She hesitated for a moment and for a second he was sure she's going to say no. "Okay!"
"Thanks anywa- Wait what?" He snapped out of it, making sure that he's hearing her correctly, "You want to go with me?"
"Sure!" She chirped happily, "I have to go now. I'm gonna babysit Tsubasa for the night. See you Saturday!" She said before hanging up.
Kairi snapped his phone shut, and a smile crept up his face. "See, Nagihiko-sempai? It's that simple." He said seriously, forgetting entirely about his stutter-moment.
"Err... right." The Fujisaki scratched the back of his head, eyes looking down. "So.. should I try again?"
"Yes." Kairi took Nagi's cell phone from the table top and dialed Rima's number, "Here, now. Go."
"Hello?" Rima shouted.
"I'm so sorry, Rima-chan. I have something I need to ask you."
He heard Rima mumble in annoyance, "What do you want crossdresser?" She snapped at him.
"Um.. ?" He said quickly. Too quick for anybody to catch.
"What?" She asked, "I can't understand anything you just said."
"Do you want to be my date for Saturday?" He tried again, successful this time, although his stomach is filled with a thousand fluttering butterflies.
"..."
"You don't need to if you don't want." He said dejectedly, and Rima can feel his sadness, and immediately felt guilty.
"...Fine."
"What? Really?" He said, suddenly excited.
"...Yes." Rima said, more quietly this time, asking herself whether or not she will regret this.
"Great! I promise you this will be the best date ever!"
The day of Utau's concert and the-best-date-ever...
Kukai peeked out from the back of the stage curtain. He noticed the Guardians on the other end of the concert hall.
"Utau?" He called out to the singer, who's sitting with the backstage people, making sure the lighting and other details are done properly.
"Yeah?"
"I saw the others come in here. I'll be right back, okay? I'm just gonna check on them, make sure everything goes according to our plan."
Utau nodded her understanding, and quickly averted her attention back to the task in hand as Kukai stepped out.
"Oi! Over here!" Kukai waved his friends over to where he stood, by the chairs on the very front.
"Kukai!" Yaya replied excitedly, waving her hands back, excited.
"Yaya!" He laughed, ruffling the younger girl's hair when she was right in front of him.
"Is this where we're supposed to sit?" She asked excitedly, her eyes gleaming in excitement.
"Yep!" He grinned happily, "Utau made sure we got the best seats."
"Ooohh! Great! This is so exciting, isn't it?"
Rima sighed, tugging on the hem of her light blue dress.
"Are you okay, Rima-tan?" Yaya asked the blonde girl beside her.
Rima sighed (yet again) in response.
Not long after they sat down, the lights overhead dimmed and the emcee stepped out from behind the curtains and yelled, "Hello everyone!"
Everybody, from every corner of the hall, shouted their response. After a few minutes of talking, the emcee goes back behind the curtains and Utau stepped out as the first melodies of Glorious Sunshine came on.
As Utau continues to sing, Rima glanced at her 'date' and friends sitting around her. Kukai, as usual, is beaming at Utau. Some things never change, she thought. She also noticed that Kairi isn't watching the show, instead he was looking at the Ace. She smiled slightly, how cute, she thought. And when she look at Amu, she saw that her best friend is cuddled up next to her boyfriend. She smiled a little, feeling happy for the pinkette.
Yeah, so Utau, Yaya and Amu gets to have great dates. And me? I'm stuck here with a crossdresser. Great, Rima whined in her head.
"Is everything alright, Rima-chan?" Nagihiko asked, looking at her.
Not bothering to say a word, the blond just nodded and turned her head to watch Utau once again.
At the after-party...
"Guys! Here!" Kukai waved his hands to attract the Guardians' attentions. He was sitting next to Utau at one of those big round tables that expensive restaurants always have.
Nagihiko, wanting to be a gentleman, runs up to the table and pull out a chair for Rima to sit on. But Rima being Rima, she just ignored him and sits herself on the chair on Utau's other side.
"Um.. Rima-chan.. You're supposed to sit here." Nagihiko said, feeling the awkward-ness of the situation.
"Oops." The girl said, completely emotionless.
Kukai and Utau tried to hide their smile, and Ikuto, who just arrived at the table and successfully pull out a chair for Amu (on which she sat on, so he's much luckier than Nagi) laughed a little under his breath.
The Jack sighed, then sit on the chair he pulled out himself.
Kairi, not wanting the same thing happen to him, waited for Yaya to sit before sitting himself down.
When the food arrived, Kairi, who has been to a few formal dinners, tried to impress Yaya by showing her that he knows everything there is to know about formal dinners – which spoon or fork to use, which one is the appetizer and which is the main course, and other stuff like that.
But Yaya couldn't care less about manners. She put her elbow on the table, uses the smallest fork to eat her salad, and holds the knife on her left hand instead of the right.
"No, Yaya-chan.. use this big spoon to eat soup, not that one. The smallest spoon is for eating your dessert." Kairi said to her, grabbing the soup spoon from the table, put in her bowl, and lifts it up.
Yaya stared at him weirdly, just like everyone else.
"Open your mouth," The green-haired boy commanded, putting the spoon right in front of the Yuiki's mouth and waited for her to do so.
Cue the silence. But Kairi doesn't seem to notice. Finally, Yaya opens her mouth and eats the soup. Just then, the boy snapped back to reality and realized what he just did. Looking around the table, he can see everyone's amused looks that they are giving him.
After the boys took the girls home, they walked back to the royal garden instead of going home.
"That was so... embarrassing..." Nagihiko muttered, putting his head on his hands to hide his (red, red, oh-so-very red face).
"I agree." Kairi cleared his throat awkwardly.
"Well, you can try again!" Kukai said cheerfully, still very much amused from the events that happened earlier that night.
"Yep." The blue-haired Tsukiyomi also said.
"No. I don't think so." The Fujisaki boy shook his head a little. "If Rima-chan gives me another chance before, I don't think she will after this."
"Yeah..." The youngest of the four replied, "Same goes for Ace..."
Ikuto and Kukai looked at each other, panicked. If they give up, how are we going to continue doing this?
Then Ikuto said, "Well, maybe, instead of listening to Souma here, you can just follow my advice. I'm more experienced than he is, after all."
"You'll help us?" Yukari's little brother looked up, hopeful. Ikuto did convince Amu (the hardest of hard-to-gets for guys) to date him.
"Yeah." He replied, nodding his head. "Sure." And, unfortunately for Kairi and Nagi, they failed to see the mischievous twinkle in Ikuto's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Kukai-sensei." Nagihiko said to the brown-haired boy, "I'm not your student anymore."
"Me too." Kairi replied. "I'm Tsukiyomi-san's student from now on."
Again, the two younger boys failed to see the smirk given to Kukai from Ikuto.
"Oh, that's too bad, then." Kukai pretended to act sad, and for a dramatic effect, he even bowed his head down in a defeated manner. "Well, Tsukiyomi, take good care of my students, will you?"
"Yep." The other boy said seriously, "You've got nothing to worry about."
And it's true, Kukai has nothing to worry about. On the other hand, though, Kairi and Nagihiko might want to look out!
To be Continued..
A/N: How was that for a bonus chapter? I hope that was good because I kind of lost interest in Shugo Chara. So it might not be as good, but I hope you like it anyway! Don't forget to review!
Love,
~Sasa