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Title: Please Don't Leave Me
Summary: She didn't want him to leave, but did it matter what she wanted?
Rating: K+
Main Character/Pairing: Amu, Ikuto/Amu
Genre: Drama
Warning: Drama.
Inspiration: "Please Don't Leave Me" --Pink

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Amu couldn't help staring at Ikuto as the hard reality set in around her.

How could he?! How could he just leave her….

She brought one hand to her mouth to stop the sobs from escaping, trying to figure out what she had done wrong, why he would choose to leave her alone with no one. God, she didn't know if she could do it. If she could just let him walk away….

"Amu, don't make this difficult," he said sharply, anger flaring in his bright blue eyes. "I don't have any reason to stay here so I'm going to do something right for a change." He started towards her balcony door, hands thrust into his pockets while his back was ramrod straight, signaling his own distress.

She knew he wasn't mad at her. He never stayed mad at her. Is this…is this all my fault? Is his decision to leave…all my fault? The tears started slipping from her eyes as she stood frozen, watching him walk away. Everything had slowed around her; all she could see and hear were Ikuto's footsteps away from her. Her sadness ate away at her as she realized that he refused to look back at her, that this was his way of saying, "Have a good life."

With a cry of pain, Amu raced across the floor, her smaller body slamming into his from behind, wrapping her arms around him. She buried her face into the quickly dampening material of his shirt. "Please just…stay." She couldn't picture a life without Ikuto there to tease her, to help her through. She didn't want to. "Please don't leave me!"

He was tense beneath her hold, his breath kept tightly in his chest. Suddenly, he relaxed, exhaling in a sigh. He turned slowly in her arms and whispered, "Amu, I think it's time for you to go to bed."

She didn't respond, just held him closer. "Please don't leave me."

With another sigh, he gently led them towards the bed, lying down next to her when she wouldn't let go of him. "Just go to sleep, Amu," he murmured, stroking her hair soothingly.

"Promise me that you won't leave. Please."

Her voice was drowsy with upcoming sleep, so he didn't bother to respond even as her plainly stated request broke his heart.