Claraowl: Hello, all! This is my first shot at a miru fic, though amuto will probably pop up at some time. This is dedicated to Tiarra77, because she guessed the message in Ikuto's song in the last chapter of another fic of mine, "Who's That Chick?"

Yoru: *glances down page* Eh? Odd… so this is how Miki thinks, ~nya.

Miki: *blushes*

Ran, Su, and Dia: Claraowl does not own Shugo Chara!

Amu & Ikuto: Please enjoy the story!

Miki sighed. How long had it been? Much too long… it had been much too long the moment she had felt him return to Ikuto's heart. Yoru was still there, in a way, she supposed, since he was part of Ikuto. Even she saw Ikuto rather frequently, due to his numerous visits to Amu, it was never quite the same. Yes, Yoru was part of him, now most of him, but… it was hard for her to know that she would never hear that meow at her egg again, telling her to come out for a walk.

~Memory~

Tap, tap, tap. "Nya~, Miki, come out."

Miki shifted in her egg and opened it a crack. "Yoru?"

"Who else would knock on your egg at three in the morning, ~nya?"

Miki slowly came out of her egg, yawning. "I take it that Ikuto-kun is staring at a picture of Amu-chan again and failed to notice you sneaking out?"

"Right in one, ~nya."

"Time for a walk?"

"Of course, ~nya."

Miki smiled as she floated out the balcony door after Yoru. Where would he take her this time? She enjoyed following him, chatting and teasing.

"So, Miki, ~nya, where do you want to go tonight?"

"Me?"

"Well, I see no other Miki's around here, ~nya."

"Why don't we go down by the river?"

"What's at the river, ~nya?"

Miki grinned and made no answer.

When the couple arrived at the river, Miki immediately began to gather twigs and leaves, telling Yoru to do the same.

"Okay, what now, ~nya?" Yoru asked after they had a fairly large pile.

Miki grinned. Yoru would either love the idea or hate it. "Now we make a boat!"

"A boat, ~nya?" Yoru asked, worriedly. "To float in?"

"Yup, so we don't get wet."

"Wet, ~nya?"

"Stop being a 'fraidy-cat and help me make this thing."

After much arguing, the boat was made. They set it down in the water and hopped aboard. They floated down the stream in relative amounts of peace.

"See, Yoru? Nothing's going wrong."

"You spoke too soon, Miki, ~nya! It's flooding, ~nya! I'm soaked!" The two charas soon abandoned ship. They floated up to a tree branch and sat down to dry.

"This was a bad idea, Miki, ~nya," pouted a very grumpy Yoru.

"It was fun until the boat sprung a leak. "

"True, ~nya."

Miki glanced over at Yoru. He was completely wet. She felt a bit bad for him. She leaned over and hugged him.

"What was that for, ~nya?" asked a surprised Yoru, hugging Miki back.

"You're so cute."

"Back at you, Miki, ~nya." Yoru licked her cheek.

The moment would have been perfect had they not fallen off of the branch and back into the river.

~Memory Ends~

Miki smiled sadly. He was gone, she knew it. She just needed to remember that she would soon see him again, when she returned to Amu's heart. They would meet up in the egg cradle and be together once more.

Someday….

*End*

Claraowl: I'm sorry it's so short! T-T I hope you liked it anyway!

Miki: *soaked* Please review!

Yoru: *soaked* I get a fuzzy towel for every review! :3