Hi! This is going to be a chaptered fic! I hope you enjoy! Please review!
I don't own Shugo Chara!
Amu lay back onto her bed, listening to the water hissing and boiling. She was going to cook some spaghetti for Tadase because it was their first anniversary. They had been dating for one, whole year. Others would laugh at that kind of number; many of her friends had been dating with the same person for several years, some up to even seven. She sighed and got up, excitement bubbling from her stomach. At times like this, she regretted rooming with Tadase—they were in college so it was her choice and she was the one to blame—because she didn't want him to walk in on her when she was freaking out like this. She jumped when she heard the fire hissing and ran to the kitchen, only to see the water overflowing. She cursed underneath her breath before mixing the water and dumping some bundles of spaghetti. She vowed to keep a good eye on the spaghetti and leaned onto the refrigerator behind her. Making spaghetti was a lot simpler than she thought it would be, and she was thankful. Amu could not cook to save her life. She could barely even toast bread without burning it; she was so very lucky that the spaghetti wasn't ruined—yet.
Once the spaghetti was ready and set out, Amu went to her room and began to dress up. She wore a red, modest dress that went to her knees and wore a matching pair of heels. She let her tied hair down and brushed it through once, making sure to pin down the unruly strands. She debated on wearing makeup but because this was a special occasion, she dabbed on some foundation and applied a little bit of eyeliner.
"Okay," she said and smiled at the girl reflected in the mirror.
"Amu?" a voice called from outside. 'Tadase! Perfect!' she thought, dashing to the door. She smoothened out the creases in her dress and patted her hair down before opening the door.
"Hi!" she said breathlessly, lips upturned into a large smile.
"Amu!" the blonde responded, wrapping her into a warm hug. His ruby red eyes sparkled happily at the sight of her.
"Come on, Tadase! Why don't you drop your bag off and come to the dining room?" He nodded and went to his room to drop his stuff off. Amu quickly ran back to the kitchen and grabbed a few candles. After she lit them, she carefully walked to the dining room and set down the candles. Right on time, she could hear his heavy footsteps coming down the hallway. She rushed to the doorway and switched the lights off, waiting for Tadase. The door swung open and she held her breath, waiting for any type of response or reaction. When he said nothing, she frowned slightly and she feared that he was completely unhappy.
"Amu! Did you do all of this… for me?" he turned to her, his eyes rimmed with tears.
"Y-yeah." Amu led him to the table by the hand and sat down. "Try it! I made it myself." She watched him intently as he forked some spaghetti into his mouth and chewed slowly.
"This is lovely, you're so… amazing!" he smiled at her meaningfully, and she ducked her head, glowing from all the praise she received. As they ate, small talk continued and Amu slowly began to fall into the rhythm. Tadase would say something, she would giggle in response. She would then say something and Tadase would smile. Amu's heart fluttered at Tadase's gentle smiles and at his cute, red eyes. She put her hands in her lap and waited for the kiss that would probably come soon. She excused herself to go to the bathroom and inspected herself in the mirror carefully, making sure there was nothing stuck in her teeth. She walked out again and sat down daintily, waiting for his next move. He looked at her gently.
"Amu, today is our one year anniversary, and I have something for you too." He went around the table and went on one knee, eyelevel with her. Tadase pulled out a red and gave it to her. She opened it and gasped. It was a necklace with a large, red ruby and although she was very thankful, she felt that somewhere, deep inside, this was wrong.
Amu jumped at the sudden ringtone breaking the silence
"Um, I'll go get that and I love this! This is so beautiful!" she quickly ran to the living room and grabbed the phone, grumbling as she picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"H-hello? Amu?"
"Dad?" Her dad's voice sounded frantic and rushed and Amu could hear that his voice was sore.
"You need to come to the hospital now!"
"What? What happened dad?"
"Your mom… sh-sh-she got into an a-accident. You have to come! O-oh, Amu, the d-doctors are coming, I'm going t-to go!" Her garbled questions were answered by the long beep.
"T-Tadase! I-I have to go!" she called out shakily, while grabbing her keys and wallet and running out the door.
"What's wrong?"
"J-just stay here!" She shut the door in his face and began to run. Another sudden call broke her from her run. She checked the caller ID and she slowed to a complete stop.
"Hello?"
"Hello, Amu. This is Tadase's mother." Tadase's mother had never taken a liking to Amu. Tadase was rich, handsome, polite and "too good" for someone lowly like Amu who was poor, "foul", and ugly. He had fought with his mother for a while and managed to get her of Amu's back for a while but she was back and Amu was afraid to know what she had in store for her.
"Y-yes?"
"How is your mother?" she cut to the chase.
"S-she just got into an accident, why?"
"Car accident right? I am so sorry for your loss," her voice was sickeningly sweet. 'How did she find out? It's not like she's even the one who was there… Oh no!'
"N-no… No… You didn't…"
"Didn't do what hun?" Amu could hear the wicked smile in her voice and she felt fear, anger, and misery all at once.
"Y-you! You did it! How could you? Why, no, how could you do that to her? She-she—"
"Oh dear, I haven't got the faintest idea of what you're talking about. But you know, I always have one wish for you. Think about it, hmm?" Amu screamed into the night, her hands shaking in fury? Fear? Misery? She didn't know. She thought of her fragile mom lying in bed and a sudden burst of energy filled her.
Amu began to run; she didn't know where she was going exactly but she had to grab the taxi or bus first. To make her situation better, a dark cloud slowly rolled into view and she could feel the beginning of a hard shower on her head. But Amu didn't have time to waste. Her salty tears mixed with the rain water and she wasn't sure if that was blood in her mouth because all she could do was run. At one point she must have taken her shoes off because when she was in the taxi cab, she was clutching them securely.
She yelled at the taxi driver to go quicker, she had no time to waste, a person was dying and she thrust a random bill into his face before running off to the hospital.
Amu's dad was a mess. He was holding her mom's hand tightly, tears spilling out of his eyes uncontrollably. When he saw her, he looked up, his eyes red and disoriented.
"A-Amu. They said she might have a day." Amu felt herself collapse onto a chair or maybe it was the bed itself or maybe it was the floor. She dragged herself to her mom and grasped her lithe face into her hands, screaming, trembling as loud sobs were choked out. She felt nurses swarm around her and she let herself be pulled away outside where she curled up into a ball.
Her mom wasn't going to leave her like this. She would see Amu's children. She was going to be a grandparent. She was going to go on a vacation that Amu paid for. Amu had so many things left to do with her. She couldn't be leaving! She got up quickly and decided she was going to wake her mom up. Her mom would wake up to her voice! She wiped away the tears roughly and went to Midori's bed.
"Mom, I love you."
The steady beeping transformed to a horrible, monotone beep that never seemed to end.
A/N: Please R&R? Especially because I'm very, very, very new to this website and writing fics and some encouragement would be nice! :D
