Shugo Chara Fanfic-NL Chapter 2

Secrets Are Lies

"Nonononono," I thought, and quickly dropped the ring back into the popcorn and ran out of the theater. I heard footsteps behind me but ignored them. A hand clamped on my shoulder and spun me around. In less than a second, I was looking into the chocolate brown eyes of Tadase.

"Miliko, I can explain-" he started.

I cut him off with, "Explain what? You're proposing to me when I'm 13 when you come to visit me in America while we're watching a MOVIE?"

"Miliko! It's not mine!" he said, eyes full of hurt, "And I didn't know you felt that way about marriage to me."

"No, I would marry you in a heartbeat, when things are right. Right now… things aren't really so great. I'm only 13, I'm living in America, you're in Japan… just… the time isn't right. Once we get old enough that one of us can permanently move to the other's country, it won't work. But this… now… will work," I said, smiling.

"I'm so glad you said that. And let me assure you, I whipped out my hand because I thought you had planted the ring for me. I guess it was someone else's," he laughed.

"Yeah…," I said, holding the ring up in the light, "Oh my god, Tadase! I think this ring has a real diamond!"

"Are you serious? Let me see!" Tadase gasped, and I gave him the ring. As he was looking at it, I heard the slam of theater doors and a man's footsteps approaching.

He ran around to the popcorn counter, and asked, "Sir? I placed a very expensive diamond ring in the bottom of my popcorn bucket, and it is missing. Did anyone bring it in?" the man said frantically.

"Uh, I'm afraid not," the teen boy said.

"Great! I was going to propose to my girlfriend today!" he growled.

"Sir? You can, now," I said, walking towards him with the ring in my hand.

"Oh, thank you, so much! I was so worried," he gasped.

"You're welcome. I thought my boyfriend was proposing to me," I laughed.

"She's only 13, I'm 14. I'm not proposing to her anytime soon," Tadase said, smiling wide as he put his arm around my neck.

"Thank you, again, kids," he said, and a woman walked out.

I giggled, as the man went down on one knee. He proposed and of course the woman said yes, they kissed, and ran off. Boring… on other matters, for the moment, Tadase and I were back together.

"So… wanna go finish the movie?" Tadase asking, smirking.

"I think that'd be nice," I giggled, and linked arms with him, walking into the theater again. When we sat down, he grabbed my hand and he held hands, and I thought I saw Amu tense up when Nagi put his arm around her shoulder. I also made note that Amu didn't notice when Tadase and I left. Afterwards, I led everyone out to where Courtney and her 'gang' were standing.

"Ohmygosh, Courts!" I giggled, going arm in arm with her.

"I thought Tadase proposed to me!" I whispered, giggling.

"Oh my god! Oh, I have some serious news… I have a crush on Kukai," she whispered back, her cheeks going beat red.

"Are you kidding me?" I gasped.

"No! And I think he likes me, too!" she whispered back.

"Eeee! This is going to be a GREAT year for us!" I said, hugging her.

"Yep!" she whispered, and we walked back over to the group. I found my place between Courtney and Tadase.

"Okay, so what do we wanna go do next?" I asked, smiling as I slipped my hand into Tadase's.

"Uhm… do we wanna… uh… well… go… I don't really know," Utau laughed.

"Yeah. Why don't we head back to your place, Miliko?" Kairi asked.

"Eh, fine," I sighed, and loaded everyone onto the bus once more. I saw Tadase and Kukai sit down a few seats behind Courtney and I, and I leaned over to whisper to Courtney, knowing our long hair would hide our lips.

"So… Kukai likes you?" I whispered.

"Well… during the movie, after I went and bought some candy, he put his arm around my shoulder and we shared the candy… he was actually flirting with me!" she giggled.

"Oh my gosh… wait… oh no. I just remembered…," I whispered in a voice barely audible.

"What is it, Miliko?" Courtney said, a look of worry washing over her face.

"I just remembered… on Thursday Kyle asked me out," I whispered, a knot forming in my gut.

My head started spinning and my stomach flip-flopped.

"Oh... well, what did you say?" Courtney asked a little too innocently.

I shot her a glance, and whispered in a voice I couldn't hear myself," I'd hang out with him after school Monday."

"Oh, Miliko! Why?" She gasped.

"I-I... well...,"I stumbled, "I forgot about Tadase."

"Miliko! How could you just forget about him?" She whispered harshly.

"I honestly don't know, Courtney," I whispered, and looked up at her, eyes red and puffy, a look of extreme guilt and worry on my face.

"Well, then you'll just have to tell him off," Courtney said, very dignified.

"I'll try. You fail to remember this is Kyle we're talking about," I giggled.

The next day, I woke up, yawning. I saw Utau shaking Yaya to wake her up.

"No… I don't wanna," moaned Yaya.

"Come on, Yaya-chan, we have to get ready for school," Utau called in a soft voice.

"It's no use, Utau-chan," I whispered.

"Il! El! Come wake Yaya-chan and Pepe-chan!" Utau called for her charas.

"No problem!" Il giggled, and smarted smacking Yaya in the face, while El was gently shaking Pepe to wake the small baby chara.

Yaya and Pepe sprung up and shouted together, "I'm awake!"

Utau and I fell back laughing.

"Come on, turd. Time for school," I said, standing as I walked to my closet.

"Guys, don't let me forget that we have to get our uniforms today," I called over my shoulder.

"Okay!" they shouted back.

As we walked a few blocks to school, I found Amu wearing long jeans, small heeled black boots, a purple lacey button-up top under her tan coat, and hair, as usual, in a side ponytail. Utau sported a black mini-skirt and similar shirt. She has lace-up ankle boots with a 3 inch heel, pigtails falling down her back. Rima simply wore a pale pink dress with white tights, her deep red coat over top. Nagi had loose long jeans, his usual shirt, his hair down, and his signature headphones around his neck. Kairi sported some long brown pants and a boring white tee. Tadase was found in blue jeans, a pair of brown boots, a close fitting black tee, and a medium weight white jacket, zipped half way up. Kukai sported black jeans, a white tee, and no jacket. Courtney was wearing jeggings under a white ruffled mini-skirt, and a neon orange tee under her black tee. Her straight blonde hair fell to her shoulder, swaying with each step. I was wearing deep black skinny jeans, black flats, a pale green knit tee, and my hair tucked up into a hat. My long black coat fell to my thighs, hood over my head, gloved hands in my pockets.

I came upon a one story building. Courtney and I led everyone in and I stepped into the office.

"Why hello, Miliko! Courtney! What can I do for you ladies today?" the woman chirped.

"We have some friends visiting from Japan," I said, glancing at my large group.

"Oh, well we'll just have to add them to your class!"

"Actually, not all of us are in the same grade," I laughed.

"Just write their name and grade on this paper," she said in a now dull tone.

I snatched the paper and Courtney handed me a pen.

Kairi Sanjo-6th
Yaya Yuiki-7th
Tadase Hotori-8th
Amu Hinamori-8th
Rima Mashiro-8th
Nagihiko Fujisaki-8th
Kukai Soma-9th
Utau Hoshina-11th

I jotted down my friends names and grades and passed back the paper.

"Thank you. Courtney, you know the 4 empty lockers. I'll take care of the rest," the woman chirped, handing Courtney a slip of paper with locker combos on it.

"Come on, guys!" I said, and led Amu, Nagi, Rima, and Tadase out of the room.

"Okay, first locker!" Courtney said brightly. There were plenty of other girls around, so Amu took it.

"I guess I'll take it."

Courtney spun the combination and the door swung open. Amu hung her coat and dropped her bag inside.

"Here's your combo," Courtney said, handing Amu a slip of paper with 3 numbers on it.

"Courts, I'll take our stuff to our lockers," I said, shouldering the blonde's bag.

I rolled my eyes at the conversation of Kumiko, Mariko, and Delaney. I stopped at my locker, my hand automatically twisting the combo. I opened Courtney's locker and dropped her stuff inside, and hung my things in my locker. I heard a familiar voice as Courtney walked up to my left, Tadase following. I remembered about the empty locker by mine. I reached over, twisted the combo, and pulled open the door.

"Thanks, Miliko," Tadase said sweetly, dropping his stuff in his locker.

"Oh… guys! We'd better get to class," Courtney said quickly, yanking things out of her locker.

I slammed my locker shut and ran to class.

"Miliko, would you like to introduce your friends?" my teacher asked me.

"Yes, ma'am," I said, making my way to the front of the classroom.

"Class, as you know, I am from Japan. These… are the people… who were my very best friends in Japan,' I said, smiling at Tadase, 'This is Tadase Hotori, Amu Hinamori, Rima Mashiro, and Nagihiko Fujisaki."

"Although I prefer Nagi," the purple haired guy laughed.

"Don't think we're weird if we start speaking Japanese, it's just instinct," I said, not wanting my friends to be bullied.

"Wow, Nagi, you're so cool," I heard girls gush later on.

"Tadase, you're so smart," a small girl chirped. Tadase kept silent and frowning while everyone gushed over all of us, even me, for having such cool friends. I sighed and did my best to ignore them. Finally the lunch bell rang and it took 5 minutes to get back the screaming adoring fans. I think someone got a chunk of my hair.

"Listen class, the school is having a talent show. Anyone can come and see it. Would anyone like to do an act? Remember, you have to audition first," my teacher said at the end of the day.

My hand shot straight up and I ran to the front of the room. In careful handwriting, I wrote Miliko Nozaki, sing Eyes Open by Taylor Swift. I returned to my seat and watched Nagi dance back to his seat. I noticed Tadase paying attention to not the teacher, but me when I began humming my song.

Later that day, the girls and I stood in my portion of the basement. Bamboo flooring under my feet, the cheery girls cross-legged on my shag carpet. I looked to the desk in the corner and the box of dance clothes in the other corner. I snatched a hairbrush and took a comical pose.

"Love the pose!" Rima shouted out.

"Should I start like this?" I asked, making another pose, again ridiculous.

"Yeah! While you sing, do a dance!" Courtney suggested.

"Okay!" I laughed, this time taking a serious pose. I put up my right hand, the left one at my side with the microphone. With my right hand I counted 1,2,3,4.

I won't go into detail now, for sake of the dance and song. When I finished, the girls burst into a clapping fit while I caught my breath from dancing and singing.

"You're awesome, Miliko!" Amu said.

"Wow! You're almost as good as me!" Utau gasped.

Amu was just smiling, Rima gave me a high five, and Courtney said so much I can't remember it all!

When we all quieted down, we heard a final thump and clapping as Nagi finished his dance. I tiptoed out and peeked my head around the corner. I laughed as Nagi struck a completely ridiculous pose and 4 head swiveled around.

"We didn't bother you!" Kukai laughed loudly.

"I didn't bother you. You bothered me. If you hadn't struck that pose I wouldn't have laughed. Consider it all you fault," I giggled, and ran back into my room to a room full of giggling girlies.

Just as I closed the door, it flew open as a 4 boys stomped into my room.

"No! Out!" I shrieked, before they could see anything. With the girl's help, we pushed them out and I locked the door.

I turned to my desk, where my face flushed red as I stared at the many pictures of Tadase smiling and with hearts around many of them.

"Jeez, girl! You're obsessed!" Yaya laughed.

"Well…I guess I just in love!" I laughed, and hung a white poster with writing on it overtop as my normal cover-up.

"I guess you have this pretty well covered," Amu said awkwardly.

"Ya think? If kids at school found out she's in love with someone living across the world, she'd loose everyone. Except me," Courtney said, smiling, and I leaned my head on her shoulder, smiling as well.

"We'd better go annoy the boys again before we get too suspicious!" Rima giggled.

"Let's go!" I whispered, leaving the room, making sure it got locked after we were all out.

I led the group around the corner, smiling, as the boys had a conversation about love. We all paused and listened.

"Who are you in love with, Nagi?" Kukai asked.

"I kinda like Amu...," he replied shyly.

"Go for her, man!" and, "She's all your's!" came from the rest of the guys. I saw 5 heads now, guessing Kei joined them.

"What about you, Kukai?" Nagi asked.

"Well… I know we just met, but Courtney is cute," Kukai said.

"Dude! That's awesome!" Kei gasped.

"Kairi?" Kei laughed.

"No one, really. There a few girls back in Japan, but no one here you know," he said, in a dull tone.

"What about…Kei?" Nagi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"There IS one girl… I'll point her out tomorrow," Kei laughed.

"What about you, Tadase?" Kukai asked.

"Well… uhm… there's… there's this one girl… that… well… I guess… that I kinda like..," Tadase stuttered and stumbled.

"Spill it! Who is she?" Kukai yelled out, leaning forward.

"Well… she… her name… I don't wanna tell," he whispered.

"Hair and eye colour, then!" Kukai laughed.

"Red… and red," Tadase revealed truthfully.

"Oh my gosh! I know who but I wanna see who gets it," Kei laughed.

The boys all thought about girls in Japan, throwing out wrong names, Tadase denying.

"Kei, please tell them after I'm out of the room," Tadase said, standing and leaving with his eyes closed and head down.

"Guys… Tadase thinks he's in love with my baby sister," my older brother said with a straight face.

"What do you mean, thinks? I know he loves her!" Kukai almost shouted, and I wanted to slap him for yelling at my brother over such a small simple thing.

"I think it's just Easter's master plot to get at us. Now that you've added Miliko to the Guardians, and she doesn't know about Easter, they're attacking Tadase, affecting Miliko, who takes it out on the Guardians," Kei said, not the slightest bit joking.

I forgot we were hidden, and popped out.

"WHAT SO YOU MEAN, EASTER WAS PLAYING TRICKS ON ME?" I shouted.

"Yes, Miliko. I thought something was up because Tadase's mood was always changing. After consulting the guardians, I realized this but you were just so stressed over the move I kept it a secret and after the move, you were so sad then happy I didn't want to stress you out," Kei said apologetically.

"I... I... he was never really... he... I..," I gasped, my heart like a humming bird.

I fell backwards and the last thing I heard before it went black was,"I knew it was all fake."

This, of course, came from the mouth and mind of Amu Hinamori.