Well hello, you there :3 This is my onehundreth fanfic about what happens after the manga! This one one the other hand will be continued. I don't plan on writing 30 chapters but somewhere between 1 and 10! Please leave a review if you like! The more reviews, the more inspiration!

This is after the final chapter, 4 years after to be precise. Amu is now 17 and Ikuto 21! (I know Ikuto only weighs 64 kg and is 180cm in height but hey.. he grew up as well so shhh)

''It's taken a lot to forgive you
oh it's taken me so long
I tried in vain to forget you
oh I tried everything
but I won't be free until I've made peace with never knowing
what went wrong and was the fault in me'' - Guarded by Kevin Daniels

Beneath a dark, starry sky the mall stirs. People finishing up the last of their Christmasshoppings and scurrying home for dinner. In between those hasty people was a pink-haired girl. No, not just a girl. After 4 years she had turned into a gorgeous girl, a woman almost. Long, shiny pink hair lay on her back and softly moved with her strides. She wore a dark trench coat with a pink scarf. She compensated wearing a miniskirt by also sporting a pair of high stockings and armyboots. A pink blush of the cold air lay on her cheeks and nose. She shivered ever so slightly as she buried her chin further into her thick, woollen scarf and hurried along.

Hinamori Amu.. Damn, had she changed. Not that slightly childish, pink little girl anymore. But now an elegant, beautiful woman. Not to mention, sexy as hell.

She had grown at least 10 cm but had also gotten her curves and had slimmed around her facelines. I was watching her from the roof of a small shop, thinking of a way to surprise her. I could jump her from behind but somehow, the thought of that small statue falling over, under the weight of my 21 year-old, 75 kg self did not quite appeal to me.

My doubts soon proved unnecessary as a smile appeared on Amu's face and she softly waved at someone. My eyes turned to slits as I looked at the person that received that beautiful smile. It was Nadeshiko, Nagihiko whatever, to receive it. And if I remember correctly, that was still a boy. She continues smiling as he hugs her and they settle down at a table inside a little restaurant straight ahead of me. No, this was not a good time to show myself. I would just sit here for a little and watch her.

*Amu*

After having had dinner with Nadihiko, he joined me in my final Christmas shopping. Even though he was a boy, he had been raised as a girl so fashion was one of his stronger points. Which was exactly what I needed now that I was in search for a nice outfit to wear during the Christmas party. I ended up buying a gorgeous, long bordeauxred dress with a matching pair of pumps to make my small figure just a bit taller.

Even after that gigantic blow of finding out that Nadeshiko was actually Nadihiko, we had stayed best friends. It had actually been for the best. NowIhad a best friend and a best-guy-friend at the same time. He listened to me like a girl but was able to give his opinion straight up.

By the time they left we left the mall, snow had covered at least 10 cm of the streets and we had trouble getting through.

'Are you sure that you're going to be fine, walking home by yourself?' Nadihiko asks worryingly.

I wave away his worries. 'Come on, Nadihiko.. I do Jiu-jitsu, I don't think there's much that can happen to me now is there?'

'True' he smiles. Then continues to give me a kiss on the cheek and turn around. 'At least text me when you get home!'

'I will, I will! See you at the party!' I smile and give him one last wave before I too turn around and walk away.

The snow thickly and made everything harder to see. I quickly hurry home. It was getting colder and colder and I couldn't wait to be at home, holding a nice big mug of tea while enjoying the snow from beneath my many blankets. The heating was having a bit of trouble but nothing a long hot shower and 5 blankets couldn't cover.

With a quick pace, I hurry through the park that separates me from my home. There were quite a few memories in this park. A tall statue stands in that exact spot where I saw Ikuto play his violin so many times. I blink a few times but the statue doesn't disappear. Part of me tells me to leave and hurry on home, this wouldn't be the first time that I saw something that wasn't there, but another parts of me forces my feet to walk forwards.

'Hello?' I say softly, silently hoping that I would receive no answer and it had just been the shadows of the trees and snow. But my hopes did not get honoured as the shadow turns around in my direction and my eyes widen as they cross with an azure pair.

'I..Ikuto..?' I stammer and he grins.

'Amu, long time no see.' His deep voice says. That beautiful voice that I had not heard in 4 years. I feel my knees getting weaker until they cannot hold my weight anymore and I collapse into them.

*Ikuto*

There might have been a better moment for me to arrive but hey, it all added to the drama. And drama there was. Her eyes went the size of dinnerplates and her mouth was agape.

A soft, stammering voice asks 'I..Ikuto..?' almost as if checking whether I was really there.

'Amu, long time no see.' I grin. Yes this was exactly the effect that I wanted. Right up until the moment where she stumbles back a bit and then drops to the ground.

Now it was my eyes' turn to grow bigger as I worry about her lithe shape, falling into the cold snow. 'Amu! You alright?' I quickly walk towards her but see her still staring at me.

'How.. Why.. Why are you back?' She asks.

'I came here to finish my promise.' I saying, my grin reappearing.

''Wherever I go, whatever the distance that separates us.. I will come back to you. And when you grow up and become an adult, I promise I'll come back and find you. Because I will always keep liking you like this.''

I can see a slight pink hue appearing over her face and she finally manages to avert her eyes.

'Yeah well, it took you long enough.' She now says towards the floor instead of towards me. The tone of her voice changed as well, instead of it being shocked, it now sounded bitter. 'Maybe even too long.'

My heart skips a beat. Too late? Had she found somebody else? 'What do you mean?'

'Maybe the waiting finished long ago because we thought you weren't coming back. I haven't held up to my end of the bargain because you weren't there. I do not expect you to do so.'

'I told you that I was coming back once you were grown up and you look pretty grown up to me.' I say, my tone of voice now serious as hell. 'I will make you fall for me, and when you do… I'll be there to catch you. You just wait.'

She finally gets up from the ground and shakes the snow off of her clothes, oh how cute she looked. 'We'll see about that' she says and walks right past me.

I only now realise that she is soaked and by her shaking I know that she must be freezing. 'Amu, you'll catch a cold, let me take you home.' I wrap my arms around her, trying to share my warmth. In the process I waste no time breathing in her scent. A lovely fruity scent, still the same as when I had left her.

To my surprise, she pushes me away. 'I'm fine, thank you very much.'

'But you'll catch a cold, just let me..' She smacks away the hand that I once again tried to lay over her shoulder.

A sudden flame emits from her eyes. 'NO. No, Ikuto. You left us. You left us for four years. It's not the same as when you left me. It's not even the slightest bit the same. Things change, PEOPLE change. I kept on believing that you would come back, that you would save me from this life as you promised. But you never showed and now it is too late. I fixed it myself and lost a lot in the process. You were too late and you should go back to where you came from. You are neither needed nor wanted here.' Everything comes out strong, only the last sentence causes her voice to break a bit.

I never moved in the process of her telling me this. Had I been that important to her? Did I leave this? Why did I leave this, why did I leave her?

'Amu.. It's not too late, it never is. If you have somebody else I will steal you back from them, I will give you the life you've always dreamt of.'

Her eyes turn cold again as she turns around and walks away. Without another word, she leaves me standing there. I don't follow, it would've been a foolish thing to do, she didn't want me. I clenched my fist. Yes, she did. She just didn't know it yet. I would make sure that every time that she had the urge to cry, I would be there. And that she would want me there, only me.