One Step to Forever
Chapter 2; I can't say
Emma; thank you so much for the reviews for the last chapter!
Ikuto; people actually reviewed your story? :O
Emma; yes, it was a good story!/dream ;P
Ikuto; suuuuuuure, and by the way where's Amu?
Emma; Oh yeah, she's on a date…
Ikuto; WITH WHO?
Emma; Tadase
Ikuto; WHAT?
Emma; APRIL FOOLS! ;P
Ikuto; April fools was last week, dumbass
Emma; Well I'm pretending it's today ;P
Ikuto; whatever, let's just read the story so I can go and find Amu…
Emma; fine…I do not own Shugo Chara! ((:
Emma; I realized after uploading that I forgot to add in Tadase and lulu's diary entries so I will add them here ((:
Tadase's Diary
I wish I was sharing a room with Amu…she has to spend three weeks with Ikuto…it's not fair! I've never really talked to lulu before though…maybe I'll make a new friend!
Lulu's Diary
Well Well Well…looks like I'm sharing rooms with the 'prince'. This is going to be one boring three weeks. I miss paris :'(
Amu's POV
The villa had everything; a games room, a gym, a dining area with a huge table that could seat forty people, a swimming pool in the basement, five large rooms with an ensuite bathroom, two living rooms, one huge kitchen, and one large bathroom. Each room was decorated almost the same with two large double beds at each side of the room, a flat screen TV with sky+ HD in every room, A mini fridge stocked with snacks and drinks, A couch that sat in front of the TV, A Wii console with loads of games, and the best part was a door in each room that lead to a huge walk in closet filled with designer clothes, shoes and accessories which they all could wear for the next three weeks.
There were five rooms; one on the bottom floor, three on the second floor and one on the top. Ikuto and I got the room at the top which was right next to the games room. Ikuto carried my suitcase up for me being the kind person that he is, wait…Ikuto is never kind…I wonder what's wrong with him…
Kukai and Utau got the one on the bottom floor right next to the kitchen, and everyone else got the rooms on the second floor.
As I finished unpacking everything, I headed outside to the yard which was huge, since I was standing there and couldn't see where it ended. I could smell the sea that was close by and I could see the blue colour of the sea in the distance. It felt like a dream, but it was reality…that I was sure of.
"Amu" A gentle yet sweet voice called from behind. I knew all too well who it was without even turning round…
"Hey Tadase" I greeted as I turned to face him. He starting walking in the direction of the never ending garden and gestured me to follow, as I did.
"Are you having fun?" He asked as we continued walking.
"Yes, it's like a wonderful dream! So do you and Lulu get along well?" I asked as he suddenly stopped.
"She never talked to me once, we entered the room, she dumped her stuff then she dived out the room as fast as she could. I don't think she likes me very well…" he explained.
"That's silly; I don't think there's anyone who doesn't like you. It's impossible considering how nice you are" I smiled. We continued walking up the garden; still yet to see the end of it.
"I wonder what will happen over the next few weeks." I thought out loud. Tadase suddenly stopped once again as he turned back towards me.
"No matter what happens Amu, I want you to remember something" Tadase continued, "I love you"
My cheeks blushed a little at this, although I was sort of getting used to him saying it all the time.
"I-I lo-l…I mean thank you" I tried to say it but no matter how hard I tried the words just didn't come out.
"I see" he whispered then started to walk away. I could tell he was upset, I would be too. He always told me he loved me, every day in fact sometimes even twice a day, and then there's me that doesn't say anything back other than blush, I don't know why I can't say those words to him, maybe it was because I just wasn't ready? Or maybe it was something else?
I slowly walked back to the villa as I kept asking myself why. I felt bad that he could say it so many times yet I can't even say it once.
I could say 'I like you' a million times, but why not love?
As I sat in the living room soon I was joined by the company of Utau, Lulu and Rima.
"How's it going?" Lulu asked as I sighed.
"Things could be better I guess" as these words slipped it made my friend more curious about what was going on.
"What is it?" Rima asked.
"Nothing, just don't get why I can't say I love you to Tadase!" I moaned to the rest.
Utau smirked, "Maybe it's because you love someone else" Amu blushed at this, "As if there's someone else!"
"I think Utau is right, Amu" Lulu interrupted my thoughts.
I blushed, "W-What? Who else could I possibly love?"
Utau smirked, "Let me think, he has blue hair and he goes by the name of I-ku-to" she pronounced each syllable of his name with emphasis.
"W-WHAT? AS IF I C-COULD LOVE THAT PERVERT?" I screamed at the top of my voice.
"I think you do" Rima added.
Normal POV
As Amu and her friends were chatting away about if she did or did not love Ikuto there was one angry boy listening in from the staircase.
"What are you doing Tadase?" Kairi asked as he walked down the staircase and found Tadase snooping on the girls' conversation.
"N-nothing" he sighed as he walked up the stairs like he had just found out something very depressing, which he did.
Kairi just shrugged his shoulders and continued down the stairs where he was met with caramel hair.
"Yaya, shouldn't you still be unpacking all the sweets you brought?" he asked as she smiled and explained, "I finished, let's hang out! We never hang out!" she proclaimed.
"Sorry Yaya, I need to do something" he answered as he slowly started to walk away but Yaya held him back.
"You're lying, c'mon please!" she pouted and it was impossible to walk away from her begging.
"Okay, I guess I could spare a little time" he sighed as Yaya excitedly dragged Kairi down the stairs to the swimming pool.
"You're going down!" Utau proclaimed as she glared at Kukai who stood at the other side of the games room. It's only natural that that's where you would find them, since they are both way over competitive.
"Is that anyway to speak to your boyfriend?" he winked as Utau blushed.
"Whatever, you're still going down" she smiled as he did the same.
"Okay, let's make a bet! If I win you have to kiss me right here" Kukai smirked.
"But if I win you have to tell everyone about us" Utau decided.
"Why do you want everyone to find out so badly? I think it's fun just having a secret of our own" he smiled but she didn't do the same back this time.
"So, a bet is a bet right?" she glared.
"Fine" he smiled, "It doesn't matter anyway since I will be victorious!"
"You are so sure you're going to win?" Utau laughed.
They both glared as they turned and sat down at either ends of the table as Kukai brought the game out.
"Of course I will win, don't you know I'm the master at playing monopoly?" he smirked as they both started playing the game as if their lives depended on it.
"You're doing it wrong" Nagihiko smiled as he was making dinner with help from Rima.
"I'm doing it right!" she protested as Nagihiko tried to help her.
"Go away! I can do it myself!" she pushed him away as she continued to incorrectly mix together the ingredients for the soup.
"You know you just added a banana to the soup stock?" he sweat dropped.
"It'll make it sweet" she tried to justify her actions but Nagihiko continued to try to help.
Nagihiko was dying to tell Rima about his true feelings to her; he loved her. That's right; he had loved her ever since the first day that he locked eyes with her. But he wasn't sure of her feelings so he was scared, he was torn between whether to tell her or not but the more he waited the more difficult it became to open up his feelings instead of keeping them locked away inside his heart.
"Hey don't put Marshmallows into the soup!" he sweated as he reached over to stop her, when he did their hands touched as their eyes met. And for one whole second they just completely stared at each other, embracing the moment between each other.
But the moment ended quickly as Rima and Nagihiko both realized what they were doing and went straight back to making the soup.
Lulu entered the room as Tadase was still sulking on his bed. She walked over, "What's up with you?" she asked.
He quickly sat up realizing that she was there and replied, "N-nothing"
"You know, I may not be a mind reader but I can tell there's definitely something wrong" she insisted.
He sighed, "It's Amu" he explained.
"I'm really not a mind reader, so I'm going to need more of an explanation" she sat down beside him.
"It's n-nothing, just wondering if telling her that I love her was a mistake" he whispered not really wanting her to hear.
But she heard…
"Perhaps it was a mistake, but the past is the past and there's nothing we can say or do that will change it. You can't take back what you said to her, but if you regret saying it, then you should tell Amu" she explained.
"Forget it, I knew you wouldn't understand" Tadase sighed as he lay back down on his bed.
Lulu raged that he didn't listen to her and dived straight out of the door again.
"I can't believe I lost…" Utau moaned.
"Oh well, a bet is a bet" Kukai smirked as he pulled Utau into a kiss.
Amu's POV
Could it be true? Could I really be in love with Ikuto?
As I sat there on my bed wondering this, a certain cat man walked into the room and made his way to his bed at the other side of the room.
There was definitely something wrong with him, he had been acting strange ever since we came here. I wondered what it was…
I came to the conclusion that he was having a bad day even though in my heart I knew there was more to it than that.
"Why are you staring at me?" Ikuto asked as I swam back to reality.
"I-I was not!" I yelled but he just sighed and turned away.
"Don't shout so loudly" he moaned as he held his head like you did when you had a migraine.
A ding rand through my head as I quickly rushed to his side; he was ill.
"Ikuto!" I yelled but he didn't reply and soon his head fell straight towards the bed as his eyes rolled back.
He fainted…
"Ikuto!" I screamed.
His eyes were open again in a minute, and he slowly sat up from the bed.
"Ikuto! Are you okay?" I yelled but realized that I was too loud and shut myself up.
"I'm sorry" I whispered, "I didn't even realize that you were ill…I should've realized sooner."
"I-I'm fine" he insisted as he sat up.
"You're obviously not fine! You just fainted!" Amu whispered/yelled.
"Look, I'm fine. Let's just leave it at that" he looked at her, and his eyes screamed that he was ill.
"Look, listen to me; we need to get you to a hospital!"
"Yeah…if only a hospital could help…" he sighed.
"W-What do you mean?" I asked.
"N-Never mind, it's just that I don't want to go, so please just don't take me there. And also please don't tell Utau" he begged. He sure was acting differently.
There was definitely something wrong with him…on a much bigger scale than just a simple migraine…
But what?
Yaya's Diary
Today was fun! I had great fun at the pool with Kairi! He is such a blast when you get him to stop talking smart people talk for a second! He's so cute too! He's like perfect! If only I could tell him how I feel!
Kairi's Diary
Okay, I admit it…Yaya's not all that bad or annoying when you spend some time with her…
Tadase's Diary
Lulu's advice really did give me something to think about though…Did I regret saying that I loved her?
Lulu's Diary
All that Tadase kid does is moan! I gave him advice and he still moaned! I knew it wasn't going to be any fun going on this trip!
Nagihiko's Diary
I just need to brave up and tell her! Why do I have to be shy when it came to confessing?
Rima's Diary
Today…was fun. (: That purple haired cross dresser can have his moments…(:
Utau's Diary
Why doesn't he want to tell anyone about us? He says it's just to have fun but what if it's something else?
Kukai's Diary
Why does she want to tell everyone so badly? Doesn't she think it's fun to just have a secret that no one else knows?
Amu's Diary
What is wrong with Ikuto? I'm really worried… If he's not ill then what else could be wrong with him? I miss the days where he teased me….wait did I actually just write that?
Ikuto's Diary
She's can't find out…no matter what.
Emma; So what did you all think? ;P
Kukai; I liked it ;P
Emma; Oh course you would…
Utau; I did too *blush*
Emma; Okay why are you here, where is Amu and Ikuto?
Kukai; Ikuto and Amu are on a date ((:
Emma; oh nice, where to?
Utau; Where do you think, dumbass?
Emma; The amusement park? ;P
Utau; Duh!
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