Roommates Chapter One.
Leeloo-Chan: Disclaimer that Shugo Chara and its characters of course belong to Peach Pit.
My name is Amu Hinamori, and I guess nothing about me can be classed as "Normal." I would be a liar if I said that my behaviour is exactly what a person would expect from a woman in her early twenties and I sure as hell didn't look normal. It's exactly my weirdness that led me to the state I am in now; currently attempting to escape from living in my friend Rima's apartment.
She came to my rescue after I caught my long term boyfriend and roommate cheating on me, and it's safe to say that as much as I love Rima it was time I branched out on my own and found my own space. I wanted to prove that I was not as fragile as everyone was saying I was, and so I embarked on the journey that led me to find my new roommates.
It was this search for my new found freedom that led me to where I am now. So it turns out that the household share ad I responded to in the paper was not with three other women but three men. That being said, ever the optimist and growing in desperation I somehow managed to convince them to let me move in. The men I am living with are odd, nothing at all like Tadase Kun. Plus I still haven't told Rima that I am sharing a house with three men, I'm fairly sure that when I do she's going to strangle me.
At first it took a while for us all to get used to one another but it seemed to be improving and on the positive side I was really getting along with the guys. Kukai was the youngest of the three but still a few years older than my twenty two. He was a sports salesman and a complete and utter child but I liked that about him he was quite tall with dark brown hair and bright green eyes.
Nagi was the complete opposite in every way; He was tall and slender with long purple hair. There was something very beautiful about Nagi, in an almost effeminate way. He works as a dance instructor and although at first I was fairly sure he may have bat for the other team, I had been completely assured by Kukai that he was straight.
My last roommate and the oldest of the guys was Ikuto Tsukiyomi, he was possibly the strangest of the group. I still had no clue where he worked and in fairness he barely even spoke to me unless it was to tease me or say something perverted, he didn't seem to speak to anyone really. Ikuto is around six foot something with mid length messy blue hair and sapphire blue eyes.
And so here I am in my new home all un-packed and ready to take the world on, right after I can manage to a) face the outside world, b) Put down the ice cream spoon and c) Get all my clothes and valuables back from my old apartment… It was going to be a long and cold winter without them and I had a feeling that things were just beginning to get interesting.
One month later.
Things in the apartment where more or less settled, and just as myself and Nagi were about to throw down yet another argument about my lack of clothes with Ikuto watching us with great amusement, the repetitive drone of the door belle startled us all and Kukai ran to answer. Assuming that the visitor was just yet another conquest for Kukai Nagi started talking down to me again, I was about to lose my temper when I was interrupted by the last voice I expected to hear then and there… and knew that this was not going to end well.
Rima: So, Guy with the girly lavender hair you're going to sit down and stop talking to my friend like that before I break your knee caps, and then Amu you're going to tell me why you are living in an apartment full of boys, and if your answer doesn't involve mental breakdown I may just have to slap you.
Nagi looked from me to the petit blonde and back in complete shock; I wanted to warn him that even though she may not look like much she was the most terrifying person I had ever met. Ikuto swept his eyes to me and rolled them dramatically.
Ikuto: You can always take her back if you want? She dances too much anyway and she looks like a child…
Before Ikuto could continue his insults a low growl erupted from Rima's mouth and I tackled her to the floor before she could do something that a bag of lime and a shovel would have to fix. Pinning the small ferocious blonde to the floor, the ungrateful Ikuto just shrugged his shoulders and walked off to his room. Once out of sight Rima began to calm down and I helped her back up so she could sit on the sofa.
I guessed this was the part of the conversation where I owed her an explanation, she sat small hands balled into fists by her side glaring at me, yeah there really was no way I was getting out of this now. I looked around and saw Kukai blatantly eavesdropping in the kitchen with Nagi who retreated not long after Rima's less than affectionate display towards Ikuto. Speaking of which, Ikuto stood leant against his bedroom door post pretending to be uninterested, my roommates where so nosy.
Rima tapped her hands impatiently as I tried to stutter out the beginning of my story but she was anything and everything but patient.
Rima: Okay how about this Amu I ask a question and you answer I'm pretty sure you can do that sheesh!
I rolled my eyes at her condescending attitude but still agreed; at least it would be over faster.
Rima: Okay, you moved out from mine to live with three boys! Do you have any idea how dangerous that could be what if one of them was a dangerous pervert!
I was fairly sure that Ikuto muttered some detrimental line about me not being worth it but I just ignored him and informed her that I wanted to be independent and that the guys I shared the apartment with weren't all bad.
Rima: Fine! But you should have told me sooner. Next on the agenda please tell me that you got your stuff back from that cheating scumbag!
I began to blush furiously as I looked from face to face of my roommates who were all equally shocked. This was one thing I really didn't want them finding out, it was embarrassing but it was all a little too late. Miserable I looked down at my feet and shook my head.
Rima: You can't live like this Amu; I should have kicked his ass a long ago tomorrow we are going to get your stuff back! Don't even bother arguing with me now where's your room I'm staying the night so you can't chicken out of it tomorrow.
With that last line she stormed off in the random direction of my room and I sat still shell shocked on the living room sofa, dam her for knowing me so well.
I felt the weight around me shift on either side and looked up to see that I had been flanked by Kukai and Nagi; they both looked at me apologetically and wrapped an arm around me. I tried to stifle a giggle and failed.
Amu: Thanks so much guys, but I'm fine really I am!
Kukai and Nagi seemed to look at each other unsure but then still told me that if I needed to talk then they would be there for me. Giving me one last tight hug each they both separated to their own rooms. I sighed and raked my fingers through my hair slowly feeling the stress of tomorrow settle in, unaware that I had an audience.
I jumped re arranging myself when I heard Ikuto make a coughing noise, he had advanced from his bedroom door to my side quicker than I thought possible and was now looking down on me with the most unfathomable of looks.
Ikuto: How long where you two together?
I peeked up at him from under my bangs shyly.
Amu: Five years.
He turned his face away from mine but gave me a short pat on the head.
Ikuto: What a complete idiot.
After that Ikuto strode off towards his room and left me confused.
Amu: Thank you Ikuto.
I practically whispered knowing he would never hear me. I nervously twisted my fingers together waiting for my blush to disappear before I went to join Rima.
Little did I know that mine and Ikuto's private moment, hadn't been so private after all and a tiny blonde was already calculating her next move to create as she called it, Operation make Amu happy again.
Leeloo-Chan: Review if you want another chapter, I'm not sure if I should continue it so reviews would help ^^