CHAPTER 1
Summary: Amu is a seventeen years old 3rd year high school student and is recently in a relationship with twenty two years old Ikuto who is a member of an orchestra and part time violin teacher at music school. Both of them were living in a peaceful world until Amu's parents got divorce and they were forced to start a long distance relationship. Meanwhile to everyone's surprise Tadase entered the same school in order to chase Amu. Will distance force Amu and Ikuto to end their relationship?. Will Amu choose Tadase instead of Ikuto?.
Amu scratched her head confusedly and stared at her math homework. She screwed her teacher for giving such a difficult homework. She felt that her head aching badly that it broke her concentration. In the end, she decided to close her homework book and started to read a fashion magazine instead.
I'll borrow Rima's homework before the class starts tomorrow
She thought while gazing at her favorite fashion magazine.
"Amu!, could you come downstairs, dear?"
She gave a big sigh and closed her magazine.
"I'll be right there, mom"
Amu went downstairs to the dining room. She was a little bit surprise to find her parents sitting on the chair of the dining table in the same row. Somehow she had a bad feeling.
"Sit down" her mother commanded her.
Amu pulled the chair in front of her and sat down facing her parents.
"We decided to get divorce" her father said after a moment of silence that seemed like forever.
"You and Ami will leave together with me from next week in an apartment at Kyoto city" her mother added.
"Tomorrow I will go to your school to submit the necessary documents and you will be transferred to a high school in Kyoto" her father explained.
"You'll like the city, Amu. It's a beautiful ancient city with many temples and beautiful scenery" her mother said.
"You have no obligation on this matter right, Amu?" her father asked.
"No, dad. But would you be kind to allow me staying overnight at Ikuto's apartment tonight?. I promise that I won't do things I'm not supposed to do" Amu pleaded.
"What do you think, Midori?" Tsumugu turned his look to his wife.
"Well, Amu is a good girl so let's trust her" Midori replied.
"You are allowed to go but be sure to come back home tomorrow's night" her father concluded.
"Thank you all" Amu said weakly before she left the dining room.
"Amu chan, are you okay?" Ran asked with an anxious tone.
"Do I look like I'm okay to you?" Amu replied sarcastically.
"Err… not really"
"Then don't ask me further" she opened her cupboard roughly and took a small handbag.
"Where are you going desuuu?" Suu said with both of her eyes displaying question marks.
"To the only place where I belong and don't you guys dare to follow me there!. You got me clear?"
"Take care" Miki answered weakly.
"I will. Thank you" she slammed her room door behind her and ran as fast as she could downstairs.
Ikuto was cleaning his violin when he heard a knock on the door. He placed his violin back to the case and took a look on the table clock. It's almost 9 pm and he is sure enough that a person with common sense won't pay a visit on this hour.
"Who is it?" he asked with his sexy baritone voice.
"Meeeeeooooooowwwwwww!".
"Cats won't knock the door, honey" he said to the so-called cat after unlocking the main door.
Amu smiled on her blue haired boyfriend and gave him a big hug. Ikuto circled his hands on her waist and placed a soft kiss on top of his girlfriend's head. He noticed that she was shaking a bit. He released his grip on her and linked his forehead on hers.
"You are burning in fever, Amu. Did you catch a cold?"
"I don't think so"
"Be honest"
"I'm serious"
"Are you?"
"Yeah, seriously joking"
"Amu…"
"I'm ginger bread made from flour and butter"
"Why don't you take a bath and warm yourself. I'll lend you my clothes" Ikuto ignored Amu's nonsense answer.
"Listen Ikuto, I… my… err…"
"We'll talk after you warm yourself" he pinched her nose before he handed her a yellow bath towel.
"Aye, captain!" Amu said as she walked to the bathroom.
Amu dried her long bubblegum pink hair then she drank the painkiller.
She sat on Ikuto's bed and gave a heavy sigh.
"My parents got divorced"
"What the…"
"I'll be transferred to a high school in Kyoto because I have to live with my mom and Ami there"
"Kyoto is 6 hours by bus from here!".
"I know it"
"Distance won't do us apart"
She nodded.
"I'm not gonna cry. I'm Ami's big sister so I have to be strong" she bit her lower lip to prevent herself from crying.
He cupped her face with both of his palms. He could see tears streaming in both of her honey gold eyes.
"You know what, Amu. Crying doesn't mean that someone is weak. Crying proves that someone is brave enough to show his or her emotion and be honest to him or herself".
"Ikuto… I…"
"I think of you as a brave girl who will fight for what you believe. You were the one who helped me when I was controlled by my stepfather back then. Yes, I understand that adults are selfish beings who think about nothing but things that'll bring them profit. That's why children like us must be strong enough to fight for our own ambition because there's no one else except ourselves who can do it"
"You're right"
"I'm not a romantic person so I don't have enough words that can cheer you up but all I can do is to give you a warm embrace so that you can release all your pain on me"
Amu just couldn't hold her tears any longer and she finally trusted herself in Ikuto's warm embrace and started to sob hard. He rubbed her back with his right hand and kept holding her tight until she got tired of crying. Her eyes are swollen and her nose as red as a fresh tomato. She found it difficult to breath because of her stuffy nose. Ikuto handed her a piece of tissue paper, she grabbed it and ran to the restroom to blow her nose there.
"I don't mind you blowing your nose here in front of me" he said when she got back from the restroom.
"Well, you know it's not a good manner for a girl to blow her nose in front of the opposite sex" she smiled weakly.
"I won't leave you alone I promise you" he hugged her tightly for the third time that day.
"Thank you. I know I can always count on you"
"I love you, Amu"
"I love you too, Ikuto"
Ikuto leaned forward to his girlfriend and kissed her passionately on the lips. She replied to his kiss and circled her arms around his head and pulled him closer to deepen the kiss. It was a long passionate kiss that it might be more than enough time to boil a raw egg into well done condition. They finally broke the kiss. Both of them panted.
"Ikuto, I wanna go to the sea aquarium tomorrow"
"Tomorrow is weekday, honey. I have work and you have school. The most important thing is that you're still running a fever"
"If I have no fever tomorrow will you take a break from your work place and take me to the sea aquarium"
"I would consider about that"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure…ly joking"
"Ikutoooooooo!"
"Okay, okay. I'll take you there tomorrow"
"Promise?" Amu stretched out her right pinky.
"Promise"Ikuto linked his right pinky with Amu's as the symbol of promise.
"Those who tell lies will be attacked by the long-spine porcupine fish. Finger promise done"they sang along together as they move their linked pinkies up and down.
"Let's watch some DVDs!" Amu started to examine Ikuto's DVD corner.
"I'm sorry to tell you but I don't have any of Disney's fairy tales DVD"
"Well, I'm afraid I should inform you that I'm no more elementary school girl" she stuck her tongue on him.
"No DVD for a sick person like you" he pulled her elbow and drew her near causing her to sit on his lap.
"Okay…" she replied disappointedly and leaned on his broad chest.
"Good girl" he placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Ikuto"
"Yes?"
"Did you notice my new strawberry flavored lip gloss" she pointed at her pink and glossy lips.
He tilted her chin up and crashed his lips on hers all of sudden. She was shock on his action that she couldn't resist.
"You shouldn't use it tomorrow if you don't want me to wipe it away in public" he said after the kiss.
"You…perv..."
He sealed her lips again with his before she could even finish her words.
To Be Continued