Amu s POV Yesterday and today had sucked. Tadase had been very angry about Ikuto coming back. I tried to reassure him that I didn t like Ikuto anymore, but he said that Ikuto had stolen me away from him before. We had been fighting a lot about Ikuto. We made up every time, but he was still scared that Ikuto would steal me away again. I was now walking home from school. Hey, Amu!
I turned to see Toru running towards me. Hi, Toru!
What s up?
Tadase s paranoid that Ikuto is going to steal me back. I rolled my eyes and smiled jokingly.
I don t think Ikuto is going to go for you after you and Tadase broke his heart.
I don t think his heart is all that broken, he seemed pretty friendly with you. I nudged Toru and we both laughed.
Trust me, nothing s going to happen. Toru s smile wasn t that reassuring.
It better not.
Toru s POV What?
I m not sure if I m over Ikuto yet. I m planning to talk to him alone to see how I feel. Amu s gaze was suddenly harsh and her voice didn t have the same kind and heartfelt tone to it.
What about Tadase? You can t just go back and forth between two guys. Amu was getting me mad, she shouldn t be teasing some poor guy!
I m not going back and forth, I just want to see if I still have feelings for Ikuto! Don t make me look like the bad guy! Amu s glare bore into my eyes.
Her intensity kind of scared me. A-Amu, I m not tr-trying to make you look like the bad guy. I guess I stutter when I m nervous or scared.
Amu s face was getting colder then zero degrees Celsius(I used Celsius cause I felt like it), it was scary. Yah, whatever. Just stay away from Ikuto, or any guy that I m interested in. And with that, Amu strutted off in her cool and spicy way. Amu was not always as nice as she seemed. I calmed down a little bit and began walking in the direction of my house.
Hey, little girl.
I whipped around, swinging my bag around hard with me. Don t touch me!
A blue haired boy ducked and grabbed my hand, pulling it toward him. I can t promise that.
Ikuto! Amu was going to kill me!
He smirked. Hello again. How s it going?
I pulled my arm out of his grasp. I shouldn t be talking to you. I resumed walking towards my house.
Why not? Ikuto had a pout-y(I guess pouty isn t a word) tint to his voice.
Am- I-I just can t, ok? I walked a little faster.
Am? Amu? What does Amu have to do with you not talking to me? Ikuto stood in front of me. Oh, yah. That was totally manly. *SARCASM*
N-Nothing! Amu has nothing to do with this. I walked faster.
Ikuto took my hand and turned me slightly so that I faced him. Seriously, why can t you talk to me?
I m leaving now. I continued walking again.
Ikuto, still holding my hand, walked with me. Then I ll guess. I didn t reply. You re scared of my amazing cat abilities. I still didn t reply. You re boyfriend is intimidated by me. Silence. You re parents think I m some creep. Nothing. You re sexually attracted to me so much that even the scent of my-
I m stopping you now! You need to go away. I pulled my hand away from his. Now.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Good, so you agree with me.
Darn, I wanted to truck you. Ikuto snapped his fingers in that darn way.
Stupid trick. I walked away, and he followed silently. Stop following me.
I want to talk.
About what? I had given up, let Amu try to kill me, it s not like she was stronger the me.
Do you remember when we were young? Ikuto stepped next to me as I stopped walking.
Of course I do, Ikuto. I had known Ikuto since I was 4. We lived next door to each other and him, Utau, and I would always play together.
I had forgotten that we knew each other when we first met, but I remember now. Ikuto sounded regretful, he should be.
You remember everything about those 5 years? I glared at him. I still held a small grudge after 5 years. We were so close, then I moved when I was 9 and I had just moved back last year.
Y-Yes I m sorry.
Sorry for what? I felt the promise of tears stinging my eyes.
I m sorry for telling you that I love you and then not writing you or calling. Ikuto looked at the ground.
Did you really love me, or did you just feel sorry for the stupid little girl? My voice cracked, damn! I wanted to stay strong when this moment came.
Of course I loved you, I-I still kind of do
At least he hadn t lied all those years ag- . Wait, WHAT? Wait, what!
I just-
I, for no reason at all, began laughing and crying hysterically simultaneously. Of, course! Amu s just told me to stay away from you and now you confess your love to me! I laugh/cried some more.
Ah! Are you ok? Wait, Amu told you to stay away from me?
That s the reason I couldn t talk to you. I was still laughing/crying.
Oh I really am sorry. Ikuto kissed me. It was so soft and delicate, I felt his eyelashes brush against my cheeks and it felt so good. But it felt so wrong, Amu just broke his heart and the scar he left was still burned into mine. Could two people who were so damaged actually love each other? Did I still love Ikuto? I was so little when I fell for him, could my feelings be true? All I knew now was that Ikuto s soft, warm lips were on mine and I liked it.