A/N: Hello Amuto lovers!! Heres another story I got from an experience I had for a few days hope you enjoy it was very painful to sit and write it if you don't know why it hurt so much I'll explain a little more at the end of the chapter!! Thanks for reading!! I own nothing!

Chapter 1 Sunburns

"Amu!" The pink hared girl looked over at the door of her changing room with rosy cheeks. Such a thin piece of wood protecting her from the eyes of her friends and others.

"I-I don't want to come out!" She cried back hugging her arms over her body. She wanted badly to put her clothes back on and forget this whole nonsense.

"Please Amu it'll be alright." Nadeshiko called from the other side of the door. Her friend tried to sound confident and reassuring but Amu was just not use to such things as this and felt like a small child going to the dentist for the first time. She did not want to go out there!

"Come on Amu you can do it!" Yaya cheered from the other side as well. Amu buried her rosy face into her palms and growled to herself. What on this Earth had possessed her to say yes to go to the Water Park with her friends? She was completely uncomfortable in the swimsuit her mother had bought her, but….

"It…. Does look…good." Amu mumbled turning to look into the mirror hanging on the wall. She felt her stomach squirm and face warm under her own golden gaze. She wore one piece. The top hugged her shoulders tightly and left a large gap from her neck down to the bottom of her back. It was pink with a black checkered pattern almost exactly like her school uniform. The bottom was the same except it had a pink buckle around them with a large black heart that matched the pin Tadase had given her a while ago. Amu blushed more realizing that Tadase would see her like this. But then again he only liked Amulet Heart, not her. Yes Amulet Heart was a part of her but…not her.

Some how she managed to open the door of her changing room and step out into the baking sun. Her friends all stared mouths open eyes wide. Amu fidgeted under their gazes as she blushed. The blistering sun added to her discomfort as she bounced from foot to foot on the concret that seemed hotter then the sun beating down on them.

"You look great Amu!" Yaya exclaimed gleefully causing the group to jump. Nadeshiko nodded her approval and looked to the side as the two boys. They had been walking towards the girls wondering what was taking so long but then stopped when Amu stepped out.

"Y-you l-look…um I-I mean y-you look…" Tadase stammered his face growing redder with each word.

"Hot!" Kukai finished slinging his arm around Amu's shoulders in a brotherly way. Amu blushed and tried to run back into the dressing room but Kukai held firm and steered her away.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Yaya called claming Kukai's other arm in a death grip as she ripped him off Amu's shoulders and towards the wave pool. Amu sighed following behind reluctantly. The others followed giving Amu reasuring smiles as they dove into the cooling waters. Amu finally managed to relax and dive in after them laughing carefree, that was…until the waves started and she got to far out in the deep end.

"Amu are you alright?" Nadeshiko asked her face creased in worry as she and Tadase dragged Amu back from the high waves. Amu coughed and sputtered trying to force two words from her mouth.

"I-I'm sorry." She coughed waving her arms around.

"I'm fine. Really go back in I'll be fine." Amu reassured waving her arms at her friends. They didn't look to convinced seeing that she was half drowned by the giant waves. Amu's face reddened quickly as Tadase and the others climbed from the pool.

"I'm sorry." Amu apologized again feeling ashamed for ruining the fun.

"Don't worry we were just about to get out anyway on to the next ride!" Amu's groan went unheard as she was pulled along to the next ride. Tadase stayed by her side talking and making her feel better about the whole wave pool thing. He looked very handsome today with his hair dripping water and smile adding heat to Amu's face, but something was missing today, she just couldn't understand what.

This cycle of near drowning and next rides continued for another eight hours until she was finally able to wave goodbye to her friends and dash up to her room. She held back the tears as she stepped into her room and dropped her bag from her abused shoulders. She slammed her door closed and quickly went to the mirror. Her eyes shook in pain as she began to peel off her swimsuit. To her horror she saw the bright red out line on her back. That was the only place she had forgotten to put sunscreen. Her stomach pinched in fear as she thought of the boiling hot skin on her back blistering and cracking. But the pain was going to be a greater burden to her. Her back was already demanding relief and as she called to her mom Amu felt the hot tears rise to her eyes.

"Oh Amu my baby!" Amu's mother cried as she came into her daughter's room. She tried to hug Amu but the girl cried out in unbelievable pain at the contact.

"Quick, quick lay down on you stomach." Amu's mother ordered. Amu obeyed pushing her tears back stubbornly. Amu's mother knew nothing of treating burns and so she stayed a while fanning her daughter's back as she laid on the bed holding her arms at her sides to hid the sight of her bare chest.

"Alright sweetie go to sleep it'll all be over soon." Amu's mother whispered thinking Amu was finally relaxed and out of pain. Amu made a noise as her mother left and laid there on her bed tears finally beginning to bubble over the edge.

"Stupid." She mumbled feeling her skin radiate to the ceiling. Before to long Amu found the temperature of her room unbearable and with much pain climbed to her feet holding a pillow to her naked chest she walked to the balcony and left her door wide open. Collapsing back onto the bed Amu cried silently into her pillows.

The pain of the sunburn increased every minute Amu laid on her bed. She felt every single nerve in her back burning to ashes. It felt like someone had lit her back on fire and fed it with gasoline. When her back finally started to cool her skin was so tight against her shoulders and lower back that when she moved it felt like she was going to rip her burned tortured skin in two. She cried out several times biting down on her lip till she couldn't move any longer. Her lip felt raw and dry as she lay there trying to sooth it with her tears.

A few hours later Amu's parents came up and said that they were heading out for a few hours and asked if she wanted one of them to stay. Her outside character taking over quickly Amu kept her tear streaked face away from her parents and told them to go, she'd be fine with some rest. They took her word for it and left her alone in her agony.

Amu reflected over the day's activities trying to justify the pain with the fun she'd had. But really the fun was nothing. She did have fun, but this pain was not worth it. The whole day she felt like something was missing among the happy smiles and loud laughing voices of her friends. It was almost like she had been lonely the entire time. She remembered the screams of fear she expressed going down the dark tunnels with her friends and listening to them laugh. She wondered afterwards if they thought her foolish and a chicken for her behavior, but the didn't speak of it just moved on to the next ride and listen to her scream again.

Tadase had seemed interested in spending time with her today but there was still that gap between them. She just couldn't get that memory of him telling her about Amulet heart out of her head. She could never like Tadase like she used. He was simple her friend now, nothing more. As Amu ran over the day's adventures trying to discover the missing piece to the day she didn't notice someone climbing up the balcony.

A/N: Ok so if you didn't get the whole it hurt writing this I was actually going through Amu's pain a few days ago. I wen to the water park for nine hours with my friends and burned by back to the point I was out for three days and still can barely sit in this chair all night long lol...but yeah the pain was real and the tears were real and even the screams going down dark tunnels lol but yeah at least i got a story out of the trip lol...Anyway thanks for reading and please review its only a short story probably one more chapter maybe two if i feel up to it lol THANKS FOR READING AMUTO LOVERS!!