The Locket
by Aikou-Is-Kyouryoku
It was a bright and clear morning. The birds were chirping, the crisp autumn air was welcoming, and for some reason everyone seemed absolutely happy out of their damn minds.
That was, everyone except Ikuto Tsukiyoumi.
The navy-haired teen was in quite the predicament.
Here in his hand was a black box. Though, this just wasn't any other black box. This box had a certain girl's name inscribed on its lid. What was in the box? Well, what else do you think was in it? Simple answer; a piece of jewelry.
Ikuto hadn't known exactly why he'd bought it. He was in town, doing something he rarely did, window shopping. The mere thought made him wince, because well he just hated shopping in general.
He hadn't known exactly why he thought this was such a good idea in the first place. Just decided to get up off his arse and wander around window to window.
Goodness, the poor soul must've been bored out of his mind.
When he had passed a window of a jewelry store, something in the back of his head shouted at him to actually take a look in the window. He questioned why, with one eyebrow cocked.
His mental voice just repeated the same thing it did before.
Oh God. Was he arguing with himself? He sighed lightly and looked to see what was in the window.
Jewelry. How lovely. He thought bitterly before he began to turn away. Though, one in particular seemed to have caught his eye.
It was a silver, heart-shaped locket. On both pieces of the locket there was a fancy design. A whole swirl of lines; it looked like a small heart above another small heart in the middle, and on the sides were half, uncompleted hearts, and where the heart pointed inward was where it curled.
As soon as he saw the necklace, one word popped into his head.
Amu.
He scolded himself as he allowed his longs legs to carry him into the jewelry store to speak with the woman behind all of the display cases that served as one big counter.
Oh goodness, the poor sap was following the voice in the back of his head.
He almost groaned when he learned of the necklace's price, though surprisingly he had enough money in his school's jacket pocket.
Or so he thought.
The perky woman counted the money quickly in her hand and blinked, looking up at him.
"You're about three dollars short!" Her voice was so high pitched it gave Ikuto a headache.
He furrowed his eyebrows, obviously in no mood to be dealing with this. What was he doing here in the first place anyway?
You're here for Amu.
Ikuto frowned, though he whipped away any emotion he had on his face. With a simple shrug, he shoved his hands in his pockets. "That's all the money I have.'
The woman blinked, "O-oh…well I suppose we can make an exception. Just this once." she murmured, completing Ikuto's purchase.
"It's only three dollars right?" The woman seemed as though she was trying to convince herself that this was a good idea.
Ikuto smirked, though he thanked the woman and took the small black box.
Now here he was on that grassy hill he always came to. Whether it be for sleep or much needed thinking time.
What was the big deal about giving this to Amu? He had already bought, so he saw no use in returning it.
He closed his eyes for a moment, just for a moment's rest, though this was a big mistake, for he was out like a light.
Meanwhile, a cat-like chara by the name of Yoru slept on Ikuto's violin case. He had woken up just seconds ago to notice his chara bearer asleep.
"Ikuto, nya…!" Yoru whined, trying to get Ikuto's attention. Ikuto stirred slightly in his slip, though he didn't open his eyes.
With that, Yoru frowned, though he let out a huge yawn soon after. He was about to go flying off to go do whatever, but that's when he noticed a black box in Ikuto's right hand.
Oh! What did we have here? Little Yoru floated over to Ikuto's hand and inspected the box. A-M-U.
Yoru had to sound it out. "A-a-aaaaaaa…mm-mmm…uuuu? Amu, nya? What's Ikuto doing with Amu's box, nya?" Yoru whispered to himself.
He pried the box out of his chara bearer's hand and off her float in search of who he thought the box belonged to.
Amu.
Uh-oh-spaghettio!
Looks like Yoru's gonna piss Ikuto off again. :3
I know you're totally dieing for the next chapter. And I'm sure I'll get to it soon, what with it being Christmas break.
Speaking of which, I was thinking about doing a one-shot consisting of all my favorite pairings. And if I get too lazy, it'll be an Amuto one. x3
But I wish you to R&R!
Thank you. I do not own Shugo Chara! or any of its characters.