Ikuto: As you know, Hana-chan is usually here with me, acting like an idiot. But she's kinda MIA at the moment and can't finish her—

Me: -Busts out of closet- DAMN IT IKUTO! I GOTTA FINISH THE STORY! DON'T THINK STUFFING ME IN MY CLOSET WILL DELAY IT!

Ikuto: So much for that plan….

Me: Do the disclaimer so I can get working!

Ikuto: Hana-chan still doesn't own Shugo Chara

Me: Thank you.

Recap:

"What can I do?" I mumbled as I hid in my house. I'd barely escaped the police and hoped the others had done the same. Well…I wasn't exactly concerned about Ikuto, but that's not the point.

"I've been following all these peoples' advice and none of it's actually worked!" I all but yelled at myself. Once you've hit all time low, it's OK to talk to yourself, no matter how much the maids stare.

"Wait…" My eyes widened as a realization hit me that I felt so stupid for not figuring out earlier. I now knew why my previous ten attempts had failed!

I'd been following advice. And my confession needed to be, well, my own!

"I KNOW WHAT TO DO!" I shouted like an idiot. Because now, I had a plan. I had my own confession and I knew that if I'd done this from the start I would've saved myself a lot of humiliation.

I'd failed ten confessions. I wouldn't fail the eleventh. If I did…I opted not to think about that.

End recap.

I sprinted all the way to Rima's house and when I got there, I pounded on her door, silently praying for her to open it one last time.

She did. She looked at me suspiciously.

"If you're here to offer me something—" she began dangerously but I cut her off.

"No! I just need to tell you something!" I said quickly.

Rima was silent and suddenly, flat out confessing didn't seem like such a good idea anymore. I briefly contemplated setting off Rima's alarm system to avoid telling her anything.

"It won't work you know," she said loftily. "The alarm system I mean."

"Why not? Did you turn it off?" I asked curiously. A curious chipmunk that accidentally made Tadase's mistake—and quickly suffered his fate—answered my question.

"How…Why…?" I didn't finish my question.

"No…I…never mind," Rima mumbled. "What do you want?"

"I really, really, really like you, Rima, in fact I think I actually love you will you please, please, please be my girlfriend?" I said in one breath. Maybe two. I wasn't quite sure. Rima eyed me for a minute then stepped on my foot. Hard. It hurt a lot.

"NAGIHIKO YOU IDIOT!" she cried. "THAT'S ALL YOU EVER HAD TO SAY!"

My jaw dropped.

"Is that a yes?" I asked hopefully. Rima paused.

"Hold on a second," she said and darted back inside the house and came back out with a stool. Rima dragged the stool till it was right in front of me and before I could make any sort of comment, she jumped up onto the stool and she was about my height. I took a guess and figured Rima had a tendency to drag around chairs to be as tall as other people.

"I feel the same way about you Nagihiko and I would love to be your girlfriend," Rima said quickly and kissed me.

It would've been a perfect moment if Ikuto hadn't ruined it. Of course, this is Ikuto we're talking about so it's not really much of a surprise.

"'Bout time you got together with the Shrimp," he said lazily and Amu smacked him.

"GO NAGI! GO RIMA! LET'S HAVE A CHEER FOR RIMAHIKO!" Amu cheered and Ikuto rolled his blue eyes.

"AND AMUTO!" Ikuto put in uncharacteristically. Amu grinned.

"Yeah!" she said and all but threw herself into Ikuto's arms. I shook my head at his surprise-but-pleased face as she did.

Honestly, you would've thought Ikuto had lost all hope.

"Happy, happy day," Lulu sighed looking slightly depressed at her lack of romance. "All except for me!"

"It's called online dating," the woman whose son Lulu, Ikuto, Amu and I had stolen advised.

"I need a computer!" the French girl wailed and barged inside Rima's house. You could hear the sound of things breaking, cats screeching, and all other sounds you'd expect to hear when chaos ensues.

"Well…." Rima said eying her house. I could see her calculating the mess.

"I don't like the look in your eyes Shrimp," Ikuto said devilishly.

"I have an alarm system set in the house," Rima said with a tiny smile. She was a lot like Ikuto who now had his hand wrapped around Amu.

"I'd love to stay and make mischief, but I got somewhere to be," Ikuto said and left, guiding Amu with him.

"You don't really have an alar—" I began, but then I heard a shriek and my question was answered.

"Whoops," Rima said, not seeming quite so concerned.

"Hey, Rima-chan?"

"Hm?"

"Do you like ice-cream?"

"Yum."

"You want to go with me?" I asked her, forcing the stammer out of my voice. Rima smiled, took my hand, and we left.

Me: I'm done! I finished two of my stories this week! SO freaking short though...oh well.

Ikuto: Yay Amuto moment!

Me: Just in time for school

Ikuto: Will you write a whole Amuto story?

Me: I've been thinking about it….I'm kinda busy but maybe….I don't know. If I do it won't be for a while.

Ikuto: Oh well….review!

Me: Yeah! Review :3