#nagihiko x rima

[momo-no-tane]

Gashapon will be releasing Shugo Chara! x Sanrio Characters Special Rubber Mascots soon. Pre-orders will start on June 25th, 2024. The following 9 types will be available for 300 yen (tax included) each:

Hinamori Amu x Hello Kitty

Hotori Tadase x Pochacco

Fujisaki Nagihiko x Cinnamoroll

Souma Kuukai x Kerokerokeroppi

Yuiki Yaya x My Melody

Mashiro Rima x Pompompurin

Sanjou Kairi x Hangyodon

Tsukiyomi Ikuto x Bad Badtz-Maru

Hoshina Utau x Kuromi

Source: X

[merryfortune]

I Want a Taste for You (but, I-)

Secret Santa present for @nadenagi <3

Fandom: Shugo Chara

Ship: Nagihiko/Rima

Word Count: 1.1k

Tags: Alternate Universe - Cakeverse

AN: I hope you enjoy, I wrote this in the thick of a micro-obsession oops

  “You’re a Cake, aren’t you?” Nagihiko asked with a wink of his eye. “I can tell. I’m a Fork. We just know these sorts of things.”

  His voice was light and airy, but Rima mustn’t have noticed.

  She stiffened. She held her school bag tightly. And she was suddenly jolted with zillions of regrets about coming to school early. She just wanted to do her homework in the library because the living room of her house felt too suffocating and she hadn’t expected that Nagihiko would be lurking around, like a stray cat, this early as well. Especially not on a Council meeting morning.

  She also didn’t expect that he might have a curiosity and especially one like that.

  Her nerves prickled. She swallowed and shot him the sharpest glare that she could muster.

  “Why does it matter to you?” Rima asked. “If its true or false.” She crossed her arms.

  “You can’t evade me. I can tell. The others mightn’t have the sixth sense because they’re normal, but I can.”

   It was supposed to be a secret but some people in this world were more predatory than others and Rima knew well she made for excellent prey. She was just disappointed that Nagihiko would play into the former when he knew how Rima hated that she was deemed the latter despite her better efforts. Her heart pounded as she remembered all those chiding warnings her mother had given her in the form of tall tales and lullabies and scary stories to keep her in her room after lights out.

  Rima, my baby, you are a Cake – just like me, she had spoken, singsong, and that means you are uniquely sweet.

  Rima glared. Why couldn’t fate have dealt her a different hand? Why couldn’t she be normal, a Plate, why couldn’t she be like him, apparently a Fork?

  Nagihiko was cunningly patient as he waited to provoke her further. His eyes glistened, like a dollop of honey off the spoon, poignant and tart. He was smiling. Slightly sharp in the corners of his mouth and then, after a pregnant pause, he spoke.

  “It matters to me because I’m curious as to what sort of Cake you are, Rima, dearest.” he said. “Whenever your around I get so… hungry. I have to stop myself from eating all the snacks at our meetings because you drive me that wild.”

  Rima swallowed. Her instinct was to hide. To run away and curl up into a ball because that made her feel safe but Nagihiko was her friend. If she said no, he would back off. After all, as they were now, they were standing a little bit away from each other, his hands were behind his back as he waited to match her pace slower than his own.

  “Then eat more at breakfast and lunch.” Rima told him with a derisive nod of her head.

  Nagihiko laughed. “You really are a comedian.” he replied. “I’ll be sure to do that.”

  “Good.” Rima murmured.

  “So, tell me, what should I eat to get a taste for you? Custard tarts? Rock cake biscuits?” Nagihiko asked and then began to guess, his eyes started to swirl with that hunger that Rima knew very well that only Forks had. “Do you know what taste like?” And as soon as Nagihiko asked that, it appeared he had some sort of revelation. His swirling eyes stopped only to go wide, and he gasped. “Is that why you’re like that?” he asked. “You’ve never been tasted before? You want to pretend that you’re not a Cake because if you haven’t been tasted, how could you ever know for certain?”

  Rima felt herself go hot under the round collar of her school uniform.

  Rima knew very well what she tasted like. Her Father, a Fork, had told her once or twice. His affection was rare and scant, but she took those few sweet words to heart because otherwise she would starve not knowing that he did, on some level, love her.

  And also? Rima wasn’t scared to know. She knew well that the world could be scary, no matter how pampered one was, and she if to be a Cake was her fate then so be it. She would turn that seeming weakness to strength because everyone was fascinated with the afflictions and the alignments, for better or worse.

  Rima marched up to Nagihiko, her eyes boring holes in him, and he blinked. He blinked again when Rima grabbed him by his jacket and she forced him to bend down, tugging on his clothes and that distance between them was now all but crumbs. She got up onto her tiptoes, and there was a ravenous look in her eyes that spooked Nagihiko; he could feel her breath on his mouth and he didn’t have to wait very long before Rima retaliated against his teasing.

  Rima kissed him and she kissed him with eyes closed. Nagihiko made a noise of surprise which was muffled by the feeling of Rima’s kiss. He kept his eyes wide open as Rima kissed him, hard, and tried to give him a good taste of exactly what sort of Cake that she knew she was.

  She was a caramel mud cake. She was sweet and dense with chocolate-hazelnut filling and shavings of pecans and desiccated coconut too. She was intense decadence and if Nagihiko wanted to know the full extent of how sweet she was.

  And she left Nagihiko gasping for air when she finally let up. “And now, you had better not starve, fool.” Rima told him. She readjusted how her school bag’s strap felt on her. “Now go forth and eat bread since you have already eaten Cake.”

  Nagihiko blinked.

  Rima huffed.

  Her lips tingled with the sensation of such a kiss. That was her first kiss and she had wasted it on something as hasty as this, but she found it strangely worthwhile. The feelings of it all had exploded inside of her and what she found in the aftermath was that she had most rightly shut Nagihiko and his comments up entirely. To say nothing of the fact that taking the lead, kissing, was nice. She understood better why adults seemed to fixate on it now.

  But with all her icing was scuffed but she hurried on. Rima had more important things to worry about like whether or not she would get an excellent grade on this upcoming assignment or not. She especially could not think of a more unimportant thing like worrying that Nagihiko did or did not like the taste of her status as Cake.

  Still, Nagihiko watched her walk off with his first kiss as well. Not even waiting around for the real joke which was that Nagihiko was as much as a Fork as his twin sister was his twin. That is to say not at all. He had just wanted to rile her up and he supposed he did manage that at least as he touched his lips, feeling softer than before, and his own heart racing.

[rimahikoficlets]

Morning

“Rima, I don’t feel like being Nade today, but can I still help you prepare?

As in can I pick your clothes and do your hair and makeup?  I’ll totally understand if you don’t want to do that and maybe it’s wrong, but I think I it would be nice”

“Nagi, that sound lovely, spares me having to think about it. I’m going to take a shower now, that okay with you? You can pick everything out while I’m in the shower.”

[amoura-eternia]

Rima Mashiro/Clown Drop and Nagihiko Fujisaki/Nadeshiko Fujisaki/Beat Jumper/Yamato Maihime (Shugo Chara)

Other collages can be found on my collage masterpost page. I accept collage requests, information can be found on there too. All collages are tagged so that is also a way to find all my other collages.

[sunel0]

Fanfic Questions (If you want haha): 6, 20, 23, 32 and 50 😬

Oh I SO want to answer these! :D

6. List your OTP from each fandom you’ve been involved in.

Okay define involved again, I've been in fandom spaces for over 10 years now and things happened

I'll cut it to the places I actually interacted with something or someone, which includes RPing, and I'll also cut to one per fandom, so it'll be:

Drarry (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy) form Harry Potter (I used to RP the third generation, plus we had a community fic notebook with my friends)

Legitimately Alice Cullen & Jacob Black BroTP from Twilight Saga (we had a fic notebook for that as well, and I shortly RPed as an OC werewolf girl)

1880 (yes hi number names, Kyoya Hibari/Takeshi Yamamoto) from Katekyo Hitman Reborn (I used to RP a lot for Reborn TBH and had a couple of drabbles for a half OC pairing)

I will have to say Rimahiko (Rima Mashiro/Nagihiko Fujisaki) or Kutau (Kukai Souma/Utau Hoshina) from Shugo Chara, but all of them are literal babies, so even when we RPed it it was 100% gen tbh (but I did write some romance fics with them being older)

Okay then there was

Klaine (Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson) form Glee (used to beta read a very popular Russian Glee author, have once rewritten half of her chapter (she allowed me to) because she wouldn't Give The Actual Angst), and have a fic posted myself)

Casmund (Edmund Pevensie/Caspian X) form The Chronicles of Narnia (have a fic with them)

Oh Jesus Caleb/Four from Divergent don't ask questions have a fic about them I don't know why

Then there was Homestuck with Erisol (Eridan Ampora/Sollux Captor), I used to RP a lot with Homestuck but for OCs, and I used to be in the Ask Character thing as Eridan

Then there's Steo for Teen Wolf

And since I've done moodboards for it, I can't decide between Declansey (Declan/Gansey), Jiclan (Declan/Jiang), and Jordeclan (Declan/Jordan) (or Jiang/Declan/Jordan together with Declansey and side Sarchengsey arrangement) for The Raven Cycle + The Dreamer Trilogy universe

And also Helnik (Matthias Hevlar/Nina Zenik) form Six of Crows (part of Grishaverse) just because I'm in a discord server for this fandom

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?

I've actually answered this already, but now I also remembered Chuck/Dan from Gossip Girl, and yeah, I was shocked I was willing to read anything for this show

23. Name a fic you’ve written that you’re especially fond of & explain why you like it.

Ohhh it's a tie between The Beginning and He Knows Now (I hate the named of my fics ah<3) TBH. HKN was the fic written on a spot and it was deliberately so weird I absolutely loved writing it, although it makes 0 sense. I still feel very inspired about it and murder mermaids in general (probably Homestuck's fault). And TB... Just... Hell yeah I'm getting back into killing my favorite children, I love that stuff, I don't ever read it, but writing is 100/10, Hurt no Comfort is <3, plus the moodboard turn out to be AMAZING, and just the way it's written, the experimental thing with trying to show how Stiles is conscious but trapped inside his body that functions on its own??? loved that despite the fact that it probably didn't render at all considering how I had to explain to @/impractical-matters after the first round of betaing, so I'm pretty sure I failed at actually properly showing this idea, but I still loved the challenge and the concept. Probably it's partially due to me not being a native as well:C

32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band or genre of music does it for you?

I way too distracted by music, so I usually watch reality TV shows/listen to audiobooks I don't care too much about/watch TV shoes I don't care too much about (all of it distracts me less than music does). Objectively, I don't possess the mental capacity for this so eventually I'll turn the noise off anyway if I'm really getting into writing, or still be distracted all the time<3

50. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

I don't actually remember? I was a baby for both of these:D I think somehow trough discussions in VK communities, consider what my first read fic was, and then for the writing I probably started with joke little scenes or something like that:D It was so long ago, it's terrible to be a child on the internet

Thank you!:333

[lostherlemons]

shugo chara? more like amu hinamori’s big bi harem

[magical-xirl-4]

A critique of the new Shugo Chara merch/print

As much as I love the phone case case that I got, it being super cute and a really nice tribute to the series (and really the only official merchandise I have) there are a few things that I wish were on there.

For starters, Nagihiko isn’t on the case, or any of the new merchandise in fact, which is a shame, since he was as important to the series as Nadeshiko (they’re the same person, but you know what I mean). Maybe there wasn’t enough space for him, but they could’ve at least had Rhythm and his egg (they had space for X-Dia, but no Rhythm).

Secondly, on the back of the case, there are items that the characters use when in transformation or in character change. They’re all nicely drawn and cute, except that there aren’t any items for Rima. Her bowling pins could’ve been on here, rather than these unidentifiable objects that look like, and I quote my sister, “a chicken leg and a round heart candy”. To me, it kind of looked like a seashell and a chocolate. (Please help me out here and tell me what they are cause I got no clue).

Lastly, they have the scythe that Death Rebel uses, which is a nice addition, but they could’ve maybe had Black Lynx’s claw, or replaced the scythe with the claw instead - Death Rebel wasn’t Ikuto’s true transformation after all. 

Other than those things, I adore this case. (I really shouldn’t complain tho since this is official merch that the fandom has gotten in a long time buuut)

[classyartmanatee]

Holy shit, so I recently read @brighidin​‘s Shugo Chara fanfic and my god I’m obsessed. 

It’s set in the late 1930′s around the Pacific War and the start of World War 2. It’s so good. My little costume designer brain was like ‘do it. redesign all the characters. do it.’ So I got my sketch book out and just started drawing, cutting hair, screaming because people in the 1930′s didn’t really have anime bangs but none of the shugo chara characters look right without bangs, and researching 1930′s japan. 

I really want to make proper renderings of all the characters but I want some feedback on my sketches first, so let me go through my thought process on each character briefly under the cut if you care

Rima: In the story it’s stated she has quite a bit of hair, but since it’s the late 30′s I don’t think she’d have her glorious butt length doll like glory like the anime. So I gave her a long bob. Her first outfit is supposed to just be a typical reflection of the period, but since her family owns a silk factory I feel like it would be made of a very high quality silk material and made very well. Her second outfit I wanted to have a little cape and hair bow to reflect her school uniform from the anime

Nadeshiko/Nagihiko: In the story they have their long ass hair in a pony tail like the anime. So I was like ‘what can I do to made their bangs more period?’ So I first gave them one big pin curl bang and it looked ok. Then I tried to give them victory rolls with a little bit of a shimada vibe but i’m still not sure I like it. For the first outfit I gave them a nice long aline jacket thing, perfect for disguising non existent curves on days when you don’t want to wear padding. I also gave it a plaid design to nod to the guardian cape. The second outfits just a boring everyday kimono kinda thing. 

Amu: I chopped her hair off and gave her some nice 30′s ish curls. At first I wanted to give Amu a conservative look with long sleeves but a punky plaid pattern and a cloche hat with her trademarked X on it. But I wasn’t sold, Amu’s family is known for being extra AF with her clothes in the anime, so for her second outfit I gave her a bunch of bows and a cute heart clip. Then I also drew her fancy red evening dress with some ‘modern’ butt darts and cute gathers. I also gave her a handbag thats slightly inspired by her egg bag, and some spade earrings. I’m not sold on the pink hair with red dress, but thats what she wore (and I know Amu was making out with someone in that red dress she's having an affair I know it)

Yaya: Since Yaya’s very childish I don’t think she’d curl her hair much, but I still wanted her to have short hair. Her first dress I just wanted to be a ruffled disaster a child would think is super cute. Her second outfit I gave her her trademark bows and I think Yaya would be bold enough to wear pants, they give her a youthful look but are still very cute and fashionable. 

Utau: I struggled with Utau’s hair so much. Pigtails are not fancy sophisticated 1930′s woman at all. The first drawing I did of her I gave her like a messy gibson roll kinda thing, idk it looked bad. Then I did 4 other drawings, the first three i just didn’t like but then I settled on a very short high fashion look with tight curls and her messy bangs. It’s not classic Utau at all but it still looks like her kinda, just more adult and 1930′s. I wanted her outfits to also reflect a very classy high fashion woman, almost business like. One of her hats has the x diamond because I thought that might be cute idk.

Then lastly I did one quick doodle of KusuKusu/Emi. Honestly I just wanted to draw a cute little maid outfit for her, no other real thought process. 

Please give me some feedback on these I had so much fun doing them and i might do more of the background characters and proper colored renderings if i get enough feed back. And @brighidin keep up the story I love it and I can’t wait for more updates! 

[momo-no-tane]

Fairytail Parfum revealed late last week that they will be releasing perfume and other products inspired by Shugo Chara!. Pre-orders started on June 10th, 2022. The products are scheduled to be shipped mid-August 2022.

The prices and fragrance notes are as follows (tax included):

Shugo Chara! Eau de Parfum

Hinamori Amu Capacity: 50 ml Price: 3,300 yen

Top Notes: Cédrat, Pear Nectar, Mulberry

Middle Notes: Peony, Rose, Red Fruit, Freesia

Last Notes: Amber, White Musk, Sandalwood

Hotori Tadase Capacity: 50 ml Price: 3,300 yen

Top Notes: Mandarin, Lemon, Bergamot

Middle Notes: Jasmine, Patchouli​, Lily of the Valley

Last Notes: Musk, Benzoin, Seafoam Accord

Tsukiyomi Ikuto Capacity: 50 ml Price: 3,300 yen

Top Notes: Rose, Green Tea

Middle Notes: Turkish Rose Oil, Magnolia Flower

Last Notes: Cedarwood, Soft Musk

Hoshina Utau Capacity: 50 ml Price: 3,300 yen

Top Notes: Mandarin, Blackcurrant

Middle Notes: Rose, Peony, Violet, Freesia, Red Fruit, Peach, Cinnamon

Last Notes: Amber, Vanilla, White Musk, Cedarwood, Sandalwood

Shugo Chara! Roll On Fragrance

Amulet Angel & Lunatic Charm Capacity: 10 ml x 2 Price: 2,200 yen

Amulet Angel

Top Notes: Cédrat, Pear Nectar, Mulberry

Middle Notes: Peony, Rose, Red Fruit, Freesia

Last Notes: Amber, White Musk, Sandalwood

Lunatic Charm

Top Notes: Mandarin, Blackcurrant

Middle Notes: Rose, Peony, Violet, Freesia, Red Fruit, Peach, Cinnamon

Last Notes: Amber, Vanilla, White Musk, Cedarwood, Sandalwood

Amulet Heart & Black Lynx Capacity: 10 ml x 2 Price: 2,200 yen

Amulet Heart

Top Notes: Cédrat, Pear Nectar, Mulberry

Middle Notes: Peony, Rose, Red Fruit, Freesia

Last Notes: Amber, White Musk, Sandalwood

Black Lynx

Top Notes: Rose, Green Tea

Middle Notes: Turkish Rose Oil, Magnolia Flower

Last Notes: Cedarwood, Soft Musk

Souma Kuukai & Yuiki Yaya Capacity: 10 ml x 2 Price: 2,200 yen

Souma Kuukai

Top Notes: Citrus, Sparkling Water

Middle Notes: Ozone, Floral, White Peach

Last Notes: Musk

Yuiki Yaya

Top Notes: Grapefruit, Redcurrant, Rhubarb

Middle Notes: Wild Rose, Freesia, Cardamom, Ginger

Last Notes: Pomegranate, Cedarwood

Fujisaki Nadeshiko & Fujisaki Nagihiko Capacity: 10 ml x 2 Price: 2,200 yen

Fujisaki Nadeshiko

Top Notes: Freesia, Lily of the Valley, Lotus

Middle Notes: Luscious Jasmine, Fragrant Olive, Tiare Flower

Last Notes: Blueberry, Raspberry, Almond, Vanilla

Fujisaki Nagihiko

Top Notes: Lavender, Rosemary, Petitgrain

Middle Notes: Geranium, Clary Sage​, Galbanum

Last Notes: Oakmoss, Vetiver, Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Amber

Mashiro Rima & Sanjou Kairi Capacity: 10 ml x 2 Price: 2,200 yen

Mashiro Rima

Top Notes: Bergamot, Rose Petal, Lychee

Middle Notes: Cedarwood, Freesia, Lily of the Valley, Rose Bud

Last Notes: Amber, Musk, Peach

Sanjou Kairi

Top Notes: Eucalyptus, Turnip Barwood

Middle Notes: Iris, Muskmallow

Last Notes: Musk, Vanilla, Sandalwood

Shugo Chara! Body Mist

Amulet Heart/Amulet Spade/Amulet Clover/Amulet Diamond Capacity: 60 ml Price: 1,100 yen each

Shugo Chara! Cushion

Size: 45 cm x 45 cm Price: 3,850 yen

Shugo Chara! Hand Gel Set

Ran/Miki/Suu/Yoru Capacity: 29 ml x 4 Price: 2,200 yen

Source: Fairytail Parfum’s website, Twitter

[nagilicioussodelicious]

By non-canon I mean disregarding the big 5 ships

[amoura-eternia]

Egg-citing Times

When Amu walks into the Royal Garden, unexpectedly, Temari hurriedly hides but the only place she could think to hide was Dia's Guardian Egg. I was not the one who came up with the idea, StellaMarie on the Shugo Chara discord did.

Temari was out of her egg as Amu was out with Rikka and Hikaru. She sat in between Kusukusu and Dia’s egg (Dia had been sleeping and Amu had left her there). The only ones in the royal garden were Rima and Nagihiko. Yaya was off sick and Tadase was running an errand for Tsukasa. Amu was, as stated before, out with the two guardian apprentices.

Or at least she was. The Royal Garden’s door opened to reveal Amu, Rikka and Hikaru.

Gasping Temari dived for the nearest hiding place. Nagihiko was too far away she couldn't hide in his pocket or hair like she usually did in a pinch.

It was cramped. She and Dia were pressed together, guardian eggs were not made for two.

Dia had not woken up from this, Temari hoped she would remain asleep. Dia already knew about her but it would be more than a little awkward for her to wake up right now.

“Ah, Amu-Chan you're back. I thought you'd take a little longer.” Nagihiko greeted her standing up, Rima remained seated sipping her tea.

“Huh? No, we’re finished.” Amu told him walking towards the table and taking her seat, Rikka and Hikaru following behind her. Temari frowned, what was she going to do now? She couldn’t stay where she was but she couldn’t move either, Amu would spot her and then she would ask questions. Nagihiko’s secret couldn’t come out like this.

“Temari?” A soft voice spoke and Temari had to bite down on her lip to keep from exclaiming. She looked down at Dia whose eyes were half open, she had clearly just woken up.

“I’m sorry about this, Dia-San.” Temari apologised in a whisper so she wouldn't be heard by anyone other than Dia.

“It’s alright.” Dia replied equally as quiet, she shifted a little but she couldn't move very much in such a tight space.

“Dia, are you awake?” Suu asked from outside, Dia fell completely silent. “I guess not-desu.” She stated after there was no reply.

“Why don't we all go play over there?” Temari heard Rhythm leading the other charas somewhere. Temari let out a sigh of relief, that was close.

“This can’t be kept a secret forever.” Dia spoke up, her volume still low so the Guardians and Guardian Apprentices in the room would not be able to hear her from where they were.

“I know, Nagihiko’s aware of that too, he will tell her eventually.” Temari assured her, she knew full well that the secret couldn’t and shouldn’t be kept from Amu. Nadeshiko had been Amu’s best friend, Nadeshiko had been a very important friend to her, Amu deserved to know that Nadeshiko and Nagihiko were one and the same.

“...” Dia fell silent for a moment, there was no point in continuing this conversation with Temari. Dia wanted Amu to know about Nadeshiko soon. As far as Amu knew the other day had been the first time she’d seen or heard from Nadeshiko in a long time and Dia knew that Amu had really missed Nadeshiko, but it was not as if it was Temari’s secret to tell.

“Amu-San has grown so much.” Temari stated, noticing that the previous conversation was over. Temari didn’t know how long Amu was going to be here but considering she was laying on top of Dia with practically no room between them she didn’t want to stay silent and be left to think of nothing but how close she was to the very pretty chara.

“Amu-Chan still has a long way to go but she has come so far already. Her radiance is shining brilliantly.” Dia replied, a smile filled with pride on her lips.

“Nagihiko’s grown a lot too, he can dance with a confidence he never had before. Dance his own dance, huh?” A proud smile of her own graced Temari's lips as she talked about it.

“...” A silence fell over the two, neither had any idea what else to talk about. With little else to do in the small space they stared at each other as they tried to think of something to talk about while they waited.

“So does that microphone actually work?” Temari asked, it was the first thing she could think of and she was curious as to whether it did or not so it worked out. Temari had noticed the microphone attached to Dia's headphones but she had never noticed Dia’s voice being projected by it.

“Oh yes. It's usually off but I do turn it on occasionally.” Dia told her, normally she would have shown Temari but as Amu was right outside she couldn't make too much noise.

“And when is occasionally?” Temari asked keeping the conversation going.

“When I sing or when I have something really important to say usually.” Dia told her, thinking on it for a moment.

“Will you sing for me sometime?” Temari asked, she had not been intending to ask her that. She was not usually so impulsive.

“Sure, I’d love to.” Dia agreed quickly, happily smiling. It would actually be the first time Dia would get to sing for someone other than Amu, Ami or her sisters. “I would love to see you dance, Temari. Will you dance for me?”

“Of course. It would only be fair.” Besides, Temari thought, she loved to dance.

“Then let's shine together soon, Temari.” Dia told her, Temari nodded her head in agreement, having just enough space to get away with doing that.

With nothing else to do the two decided to ask each other questions. Ranging from the typical “What's your favourite colour?” to “What's the most useful thing you own?” (Temari had answered her naginata).

Dia had asked Temari what made her angry early in the conversation and she had gotten so into her rant that she had almost gotten them discovered. Fortunately Dia had covered her mouth and stopped anyone from getting too suspicious. Once they were sure they weren't going to be discovered Dia removed her hand and they both burst into quiet giggles.

Sometimes the questions were about Amu or Nagihiko or their siblings but mainly they were focused on getting to know each other better.

“What would you do if you found an island full of Dinosaurs?” Dia asked, Temari blinked. That was random.

“I would do the smart thing and leave. Immediately.” Temari told her, the question may have been random but it was an easy one. “If you could only say a single word today what would it be?”

“Sparkle.” Dia didn't even have to think about that. “What would be your ideal date?”

“Eh?” Temari had been taken by surprise once again. Where did that come from? “My ideal date?”

“Temari, you can come out now.” Nagihiko called her, Rima had told Amu, Rikka and Hikaru to deliver some papers so they had left the Royal Garden taking Ran, Miki and Suu with them. Temari blinked and, temporarily forgetting where she was, attempted to move to him. In doing so she pushed Dia’s egg over and it fell open, both of them fell out in a heap neither of them able to stop themselves due to their position.

“Oh my.” Kusukusu stated, looking down at them with Rhythm beside her. Since Ran, Miki and Suu had left with Amu they had come back to the dollhouse turned Chara house where Dia’s egg had been.

“Oh my, indeed.” Rhythm raised an eyebrow and grinned at them teasingly. Temari glared at him as Dia pushed herself back up, she had fallen on top of Temari so Temari would not have been able to get up before she did.

“So that’s where you had been hiding.” Nagihiko said as he moved over to them. He had been wondering where Temari had hid herself when Amu suddenly walked in.

“Yes, it was the only place I could think of to hide.” Temari replied, taking the hand Dia offered her to help her up. “I apologise again for intruding on you Dia-San.” Temari bowed to Dia in apology once Dia had pulled her up.

“It’s okay. I didn’t mind.” Dia told her shaking her head, for now Nadeshiko’s true identity was a secret and so Temari had to hide. Dia’s egg was her only option on such short notice.

“Guardian Eggs are quite small, were you two okay in there? You were in there for quite a while.” Nagihiko asked concerned, there was no way two charas could fit in one egg easily.

“We were fine. Don’t worry about it.” Dia answered, seemingly completely unaffected by their previous close proximity. Temari was a little jealous, that simple mention of it had made her blush. “Temari, we should dance and sing together soon, okay?”

Temari flushed, remembering the conversation they had had before. “Sure, I’d like that.”

“When do you want to meet up?” Dua asked, if she didn’t ask now she’d have a hard time finding another opportunity since Temari had to hide most of the time.

“Oh, what about tomorrow during school?” Temari suggested. It sounded like a good time to her, there would be plenty of time to spend with Dia during school since there was no Guardian Character meeting until afterwards.

“Sounds good to me.” Dia winked at her and Temari flushed. “I should go catch up with Amu-Chan.” Dia told them, the only reason Amu would need to come back to the Royal Garden now was to get her so Dia decided it was best to catch up with her.

“Alright, tell Amu we said bye.” Nagihiko told her and Rima nodded her head slightly in agreement. All their paper work was done so nobody had any reason to stick around any longer.

“I will.” Dia told them before her gaze moved to Temari. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” Dia waved before she floated out of the royal garden. “I’ll be looking forward to our date.”

“Temari’s blushing!” Kusukusu giggled pointing at Temari’s red face.

“Are you interested in her?” Rima asked her bluntly, as she picked up her bag and prepared to leave.

“It is far too soon to...” Temari trailed of, her face growing redder.

“It’s not too soon to have an interest in her Temari.” Nagihiko told her, while it was true Dia and Temari had not known each other for long but crushes had a tendency to develop quickly. Humans could very well develop crushes on someone they had never met before or had only known for a short time, there was no reason why the same couldn’t be said for charas.

“...I suppose.” Temari agreed. She covered her smile and her red cheeks with the sleeve of her kimono as she thought about Dia, perhaps she did have a crush on her.

“I hope it works out for you, Temari!” Rhythm shouted encouragingly, wrapping his arm around his sister.

“It’s only a crush.”

“So? If it develops I want you to be happy with her.”

“Thank you.” Temari was grateful for the sentiment. For now it was only a crush but if it ever became something more she hoped it would work out too.