You-Youz: Hello guys, sorry for reposting the story but my main goal for writing this story is to make it as best as I could, so if I see things that I want to add or delete from the chapter, I will change them. I hope you don't mind me rewriting the story :( Anyway, thanks for all the positive feedbacks I got and for all the supports. You guys are amazing! I love you. Happy Belated Valentine's Day 3 Enjoy the revised chapter :D
P.S. I don't own Shugo Chara or any of its characters, but I do own the plot since it's from my imagination ;)
Main Characters
Amu Hinamori (21)
A college graduate from America. She has an angelic voice that made her the lead vocalist for a musical. She is bright and cheerful on the outside, but deep inside she struggles from depression and guilt resulting from her mother's death.
Ikuto Tsukiyomi (26)
A mysterious, violin prodigy, who suffered from insomnia after he killed someone in a car accident. He is the lead musician in the same musical that Amu is in. He fell in love with Amu at first sight.
Kukai Souma (23)
A professional soccer player and Amu's childhood friend. He is outgoing and energetic. He often flirt with Amu for fun, but Ikuto takes it seriously and often gets jealous of Kukai.
Utau Tsukiyomi (24)
Ikuto's younger sister and a famous singer. She is competitive and impatient. She has brother-complex and is extremely jealous of Amu since Ikuto shows too much interest in Amu.
Side Characters
Kairi Sanjou (19)
A senior in college, he attends the same college as Amu back in America. Later he comes to Japan to find Amu and confesses his love for her.
Nagihiko Fujisaki (22)
He is Amu's closest guy friend and she often goes to him for advices. He is gentle and kind hearted. He loves to dance and play basketball.
Rima Mashiro (21)
One of Amu's best friends. She is the owner of a bookstore. She is short-temper and sarcastic. She loves comedy and often tries to make Amu laugh whenever she see Amu feeling sad.
Tadase Hotori (22)
Amu's first crush, but ever since her mother died, she gave up on him. He is popular among girls, but is secretly in love with Amu. He is often seen arguing with Ikuto for Amu.
Yaya Yuiki (20)
Another one of Amu's best friends. She is the owner of a baby store. She loves sweet and is childish. She is the one who always come up with ways to make Amu happy.
Yuu Nikadou (32)
The producer of Easter Company, he is the one who approaches Amu and Ikuto to be in his musical. He is clumsy and often teases Amu about Kukai without realizing Ikuto's feeling toward Amu. He believes that Amu and Ikuto are the only ones who could help him achieve his goal.
Chapter 1: The Accident
In America
"Cheer!" A pink haired girl raised her glass to give a toast to five of her friends. Today was the last day of finals and her friends invited her to a bar to celebrate. Usually, she is not the drinker type since her mom does not want her to drink but this is an exception since she wanted to spend her last week here with all of her friends before all of them separate. She gulped the alcohol, feeling the burn tingling down her throat, but she shook the feeling off. She almost forgot how alcohol tasted. She liked the tingling feeling and poured herself another shot of alcohol.
Just when she was about to raise the shot glass to her mouth, her phone vibrated inside her purse. She rummaged through her purse for her phone and took the phone out once she grasped onto it. She looked at the caller ID- Mom. She dropped the phone back inside her purse and let it vibrated. She knew her mom would not approve of her drinking. Since alcohol brings sad memories to her mom, but Amu thought what her mother does not know would not hurt her.
"Amu, aren't you going to pick up your phone?" One of her friends with long, brown hair said to Amu. Amu shook her head, "It's my mom. I can call her later. I don't want her to know where I am right now." Her friends gave her an understanding nod before they continued to drink the night away. Little did Amu know that was the last time she would hear from her mom.
Back in Japan
A woman with brown hair and golden eyes was walking back from the grocery store near her house. She was in her mid-40s. In one hand, she was holding onto two bags of groceries, while the other hand was dialing on the phone. She heard the rings but no one picked up. She pressed the call button again. She was sure that her daughter is free during this time, but how come she does not pick up her phone today. She pressed the button again, with each ring her heart grew wary. She decided to stop calling and grabbed the letter from her purse. The letter was addressed to her from her daughter. She had got into the habit of taking the letter out whenever she misses her daughter. She smiled just thinking about seeing her daughter in a few weeks, but she was not careful and the letter dropped out of her hand. She bended down to pick it up. After she picked up the letter, she continued to walk without paying attention to where she is going. When she finally averted her attention from the letter, her eyes widened at the approaching black BMW.
A Few Minutes Before
A tall guy with midnight, blue hair was driving his BMW with a blond haired girl sitting beside him. She looked at her phone, then turned to look at the tall guy.
"Ne, Ikuto. Come play violin for my upcoming concert, please." She gave him her puppy dog look. He did not look at her nor show interest in her. He just ignored her. He had told her many times before that he had no interest in playing violin for her concert. In fact, if it was not for his mom, he would have given up being a violinist a long time ago. Violin might have come naturally to him, but he did not show the same interest that his mom expected from him. What is so good about violin? His dad left because of his love for violin but Ikuto never understand nor does he want to understand his father's decision.
Utau continued to call out to Ikuto and even tugged the sleeve of his light blue shirt. He finally gave up and turned to look at her.
"Utau, can you stop that? I'm trying to drive." He lectured her. She pouted at him, before looking straight at the road. That was when she screamed at Ikuto to slow down. Ikuto turned his head back to the road and saw a woman crossing the street in front of them. Ikuto tried to stop the car but he did not have enough time to response and hit the woman. The impact from the hit was so great that the woman body rolled on top of the car and fell onto the ground. Utau yelped in terror, while Ikuto took the seatbelt of to go outside but Utau pulled his arm before speaking, "Ikuto, we should just go."
Ikuto pulled her hand away from his, "Utau, we can't leave her here. Let me go check on her. Just stay here." Ikuto walked out of the car and approached the woman. He turned the woman over and saw that she had light, brown hair that was tied into a ponytail and her glasses were broken. There were groceries scattered around her body. In her left hand, she was clutching her phone. She was badly injured with blood coming out of her head and body. Ikuto carried her into his car and drove as fast as he could to the nearest hospital.
At the hospital
Utau sobbed, while Ikuto tried to calm her down. "It's all my fault. I should've let you drive properly instead of bothering you. I'm sorry, Ikuto. I didn't know this would happen. Do you think she will be ok?" Ikuto patted her head gently to sooth her. He hates seeing Utau cry. It reminded him of that day almost 20 years ago when his father walked out of their lives.
20 Years Ago
A young Utau with her two ponytails walked out of her room with her teddy tear in her hands. It was a Sunday so she expected her father to be home, but she could not find him. She walked into the living room, where she saw her mother and her brother talking. She noticed in her mother's hand was a letter. She walked toward them and said, "Mommy! Nii-chan! Where's daddy?" They looked at her with sadness in their eyes. Utau looked confusedly at them. "What happen? Why are you guys sad?" Her mother pulled her closer and said, "your father will no longer be with us. He had left to persuade his passion." Utau saw tears dripping from her mother's face and started to cry, realizing that she no longer be able to see her father again. Her mom held onto her tightly and tried to shush her but she did not stop crying. After seeing how much Utau cried that day, Ikuto came to hate his father for ruining their perfect family and vowed to never hurt those he love.
*End of flashback*
"It's not your fault, Utau. You heard what the polices said. They said it was an accident. She wasn't paying attention when she crossed the street. Don't blame yourself." He wiped the tears from her eyes. 'It's my fault for not stopping in time.' Ikuto blamed himself mentally.
A few hours later, the doctor finally came out of the ICU room. Ikuto and Utau hurried toward the doctor, "Doctor, is she ok?" They asked in unison. The doctor looked at them with sympathetic look before shaking his head. Utau broke down and cried again, while Ikuto fell to the floor in shock. He just killed someone.
Back in America
Amu was back in her dorm room. She had a bit too much to drink. She could barely walk straight, her friends had to help her back to her room but she managed to change into her pajama and when she was about to go to sleep. Her phone rang. She reached for her phone on the table next to her desk. It was an unknown number but she picked it up anyway.
"Hello?" Amu said in her intoxicated voice.
"Is this Miss Amu Hinamori?" A woman asked from the other line. From her voice, Amu guessed that she must have been in her 40s.
"Yes, it's me. Who is this?" Amu could feel her eyes becoming heavier. But she did not want to be rude and hang up the phone.
"I have a very bad news to inform you." The woman paused, "it's about your mother." Suddenly, Amu felt all of her energy comes back to her. She sat straight up on the bed and held the phone closer to her ear.
"Your mother got hit by a car today while crossing the street. The polices reported saying that she was not paying attention when she crossed the street and was hit. I'm really sorry about your mother. She is one of my closest friends in high school and I can't believe such unfortunate event happened to her..." The woman did not even finished talking, but the news hit Amu so hard that her body became numb causing the phone to slip off her hand and fell to the ground. Amu hugged her knee and cried. She did not remembered how long she cried, she only remembered that the next morning, her eyes were swollen and red as fire.
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