And I keep waiting for you to take me.
You keep waiting to save what we have.

Nagihiko sighed inwardly as the last bell rang for today. What a joy that there was a meeting today! Surely anyone would catch the sarcasm, unless they were idiots. He wished that yesterday could happen again, just once more. If only he had asked earlier, if only Rima's mother had arrived later, then he would have known. Nagihiko ran his fingers through his hair in frustration. Right now he just wanted to know what Rima would have said!

The boy caught himself, his dark eyes widening. He did not want that. It was a sure sign to anyone that the blond would have laughed in his face for asking that question. She would use it to torment him for as long as they live. 'Or would she?' He thought. Nagihiko paused before replaying all invents that led up to now. The first day in the garden Rima had been glancing at him, the hallway incident; her cheeks went red, once more in the garden she apologized. After that was when the tiny devil began to push him away. The purple haired boy felt a tug in his chest.

Rima had become a part of his life, war life, but still, and was around him for most of his time back at Seiyo. Those days where she simply faded made things so off. Nagihiko frowned at the thought of the girl never being there. But yesterday…everything was off in a new way. As if the short sixth grader wanted to keep him away. Like she only intended to- "That's it!" Nagihiko shouted. Rhythm looked at his bearer, "What's it, Nagi?"

"Rima-chan!"

"What about her?"

"She wants us to keep fighting." Rhythm tilted his head. Nagihiko walked a bit faster, "Think about it. Rima says I'm steeling Amu, so she sees me as a rival. If we get along then I won't be her rival."

"Okay…"

"That's why she's been ignoring me!"

"Why do you care?"

"Because I love her!" Nagihiko clamped his hand over his mouth, "I-I didn't-" Rhythm smirked at him, "Yeah you did bro. But that's totally cool! We all knew it anyway." The boy felt his face heat up, "N-now what?"

"We go to the garden."

So I'll make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you when you're not listening.
And how long can we keep this up, up, up?

Rima stared at the paper in front of her, reading along with what Tadase was saying. She looked to her right to see the empty chair. 'God, where is that idiot?' She closed her eyes. It was unusual for the cross dresser to be late, not that she cared. Of course she didn't, she never has. However, Rima knew that lying was bad. As if she didn't know that her feelings developed! It was obvious by the way her heart pounded when she saw him, how red she got if he was close. This girl might have not been the most intelligent person in the world, but she knew how to recognize things fairly quickly.

The door opened and revealed the tallest of the guardians who was panting. "You're late Fujisaki-kun." Tadase looked at him. Nagihiko let out a nervosa chuckle, "Sorry I got…side tracked."

"Was it fan girls again Nagi?" Yaya asked. Rima nearly let out a growl; those idiot zombies had better not touched him. It is clear to everyone that the chibi devil is the jealous type. "No, not exactly." Nagihiko rubbed the back of his head. For a few seconds he shot a glance at the blond. Her breath caught in her throat. She snorted, "I really don't see why they follow you." He smiled, "Maybe because they have great taste."

"Tch, wouldn't count on it purple-head."

"Will you two flirt somewhere else?" Amu sighed. Rima froze and ducked her head so she could control her blush. A few moments later the meeting continued without any verbal inconveniences. The key word in that sentence was verbal. Rima fought a war within herself to keep her mouth shut. The war was lost when she allowed herself to take a quick look at the boy next to her. She felt her eyes move to see every feature on his face. His long hair shun when he turned and the rays of light briefly hit.

'Great Rima. Now you're a creeper…and talking to yourself.' The girl shook her head. How could she have let this happen? She wasn't careful enough. But then again, who could rip their hearts out that easily? Even the coldest person in the world had something they cared about. This was over. The game had finished. Perhaps she should have been upset, but Rima couldn't be happier. "And that's all for today." Tadase said smiling. "Finally! Yaya thought it would never be time to go!" Yaya shouted. Amu sighed, "Calm down Yaya." As time passed they went home. Rima called her mother and waited.

Make sure to keep my distance!
Say I love you when you're not listening.
How long 'till we call this love, love, love?

Nagihiko stood from his seat and walked over to Rima, "Yo Rima-chan." He watched her jump. It had been a while since he did something like that, but with Rima it had been much more enjoyable. "What do you want?" She asked. "You never answered my question." He smiled. The blond turned to him, giving him a confused look. "Yesterday, at the front gate?"

"What about it?"

"Would you ever give up your happiness for me?" Nagihiko leaned down to her height. He smiled as the pinkish color began appearing on her face. The room was dead silent for a moment. Neither moved a single muscle that is until Rhythm lost interest, "Oh forget this!" A loud sound of 'Poing!' was heard. A blue pair of headphones appeared on Nagihiko's neck, and the boy grabbed Rima's chin. Inside his mind, Nagihiko was panicking, 'R-Rhythm! What are you doing?!' He felt his head move closer and he closed his eyes. He turned Rima's head to the side and kissed her cheek. A wave of relief washed over him, then a wave of pain.

A red mark appeared on his face as he pulled back. The tall boy found his companion blushing fiercely, "What was that for you idiot?!"

"It was Rhythm! I swear Rima I wouldn't do something like that to you!"

"Lying playboy." She glared. Nagihiko sighed and began walking out when something made him stop, "By the way Nagihiko, yes, I would." His eyes widened. Did she really just say that? It wasn't real right? "Quit looking stupid, cross dresser." Rima smiled, actually smiled, at him. "Nice to see you think highly of me Rima." He chuckled. She walked past him, "No honorific huh? Good, I don't like using those with friends." With that she was gone.

Friend. That was nice, for now anyway. Who knows, maybe one day they could be more than that. "Love you too Rima." Nagihiko whispered.

It is done! Thank you for reading; even though that wasn't the ending you were expecting XD. It says FRIENDSHIP for a reason people!