Chapter 1: A Chance to Live

I wanted to tell her how she meant to me. Even though I didn't know how she felt, I thought to myself that I was just glad to be able to meet her. She was the inspiration of my life. Yet soon I realize that life is short. The moments that we enjoyed are always short and that the moments we suffered was always long. Yet on that day she changed so many things in my life. I just wished that I could give her the miracle that she deserved. Even though she was gone, she would be the only one who could hold my heart. My heart only belongs to her; after all she was the one that saved my life. Before I know it that was the time I fell in love with her.

In the past 5 years ago: Ikuto's POV:

It makes me wonder why I was born. Why do I exist? Was I torture, because of my existence? Then why give me life? I have nothing to live for! Do I? When I was born, my family curses me to death. They would usually beat me till I bruise or bleed. Soon I was abandoned. I was alone. It was dark and cold. I was out on the street, sitting. All I wanted was to be loved, but that's too much to ask. I felt that my time has come to end it all. To be dead, has its benefits; it will end all the pain that I had suffer. Yet I do wonder why I exist. Before I was able to get my wish of ending it all, I met someone. She was kind and beautiful. I thought it was the angel that will take me away. She asked, "Are you all right?" I of course was too scared to answer. She said, "It's all right, I'll take care of you."

As she extend her hand to me. I wanted to hold onto it, as I try to extend my hand to hers, I pulled back. I thought that she was like other people, who will just use me and throw me away like trash. Making me do things that were wrong, like thievery and hurting other people. It made me sick to know that people was like this in this world. But it built character; it showed me that you couldn't trust anybody but yourself. "Leave me alone" I said to the girl. She didn't listen instead she pulled me up. "Hey what the hell are you doing?! I told you to leave me alone!" I shouted. Now that I stood up I realize that the girl was around my height. Probably the same age as me too.

"Hey you're hurt!" yelled the girl. She looked worried about me. The injury that I had were small, I didn't feel the pain since I got use to all the beatings. "It's nothing to worry about" I said. "Well we still have to treat it" as she went into her bag and took out a handkerchief. She used the handkerchief and uses it to treat my injuries. When she was done she asked, " Do you have a home?" I replied, "This is my home. I could live anywhere" She looked at me and I looked back at her. "This is not a home for you. Follow me," she said. I wondered if I should go with her, but than again it could be a trick. I decided to take the chance, since I got nothing to lose. She extended her hand once again and I decided to hold it, not wanting to let it go.

We walked for about ten blocks. On the way, it was quiet and long. I realized that the whole time we were holding hands. I decided to examine the girl. She was beautiful, about my height and age. She had pink hair; it was short up to her shoulders. She had beautiful eyes that I continue to stare at until we reached our destination. She looked at me, wondering why I was staring at her. I felt kind of red but nodded it off.

"Well here we are." said the girl. In front of us was a house. We went inside, it was pretty small, but it was homey. "I lived in here all by myself, so you can stay here" The house only had one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom. She went inside the kitchen, while I was in the living room. I decided to look around the house. She didn't have many things. Does she not have a family? I questioned. This made me wonder even more about her. I founded her bedroom, which I went in to sneak a peak in her room. I only saw a glimpse of her room. She stopped me before I could take a look. In her hand was plate with all kinds of food. It had rice with sardines with a side of beef and chicken. " Eat up!" she said. We sat at the kitchen table. I ate the food that she made for me with a side glass of milk. It was delicious, the best meal I ever had in my life. She was watching me as I ate the food. "You know, you remind me of a cat. You like to sneak around, you live in the street and you are so curious, trying to sneak into my room. Didn't you know that curiosity killed the cat?" she said. "It's not my fault that you picked up a stray" I replied. Hey she asked. I replied "What?" "What is your name? She asked. "Ikuto" I whispered. What is yours? I asked. She replied "Amu." as she smiled.

When I finished eating, it was almost dark, meaning that it was time to sleep. I wonder where I was going to sleep. Amu pointed at me saying that cats sleeps in the living room as she went into her room. Soon she brought blankets for me, "when it gets cold" she said. I decided to go to sleep on the couch in the living room.

In the middle of the night, I heard someone screaming inside of Amu's room. I ran inside her room, just to see her on her bed moving around. It looked like she was having a nightmare, so I tried to wake her up. She woke up and she saw me. She embraced me into a hug. It seemed that she was really terrified as I saw tears began to fall from her eyes. I hugged her back saying that I'm here with her. When she felt better, I began to go back to the living room to sleep. "Could you stay here with me?" She asked while she was looking down. "Sure" I said. I began to lie down on her floor. "You could sleep on the bed with me" she said. Looking at me. I was blushing when she said that. I went on the bed beside her. We both said our good night. She fell asleep first, which made me glad that she was sleeping calmly. While I was on the bed I began to examine her room. I saw all kinds of picture of her smiling with her family. This made me wonder what happen to her and her family. Why aren't they with her, when she needs them the most? I questioned. Soon I began to hear her talk in her sleep. "Ikuto" she said. I looked at her sleeping face. Than I grabbed her and embraced her into a hug saying "I'm right here." Soon I fell asleep, knowing that as long as she was with me and I was with her we would be able to get through the night.