I do not own Shugo Chara. It would be so cool if I did, though...
Chapter 4
Kanashii sat up, still awake. She glanced at the clock. 2:00 am. She looked over at Amu, sound asleep. Kanashii laid back down and tried to sleep, but the nightmare she had had a few hours ago still seemed too real.
"Man, I just want to forget all about it..." Kanashii muttered, and pushed a pillow over her head. She laid there for a few minutes, then got up and walked onto Amu's balcony and leaned over the railing.
"Why are you still awake?" Ikuto asked from the tree. He had stayed there since Kanashii had hit him.
She glared up at him. "It's none of your business."
"Why are you like that?"
"Why am I like what?" Kanashii asked angrily.
"Whenever you're around Amu, you act happy, but whenever she's not looking, you drop your mask and look depressed and angry." Ikuto said.
"Hmf. Good observation. Now leave me alone."
"I will if you tell me what happened."
"No. Go away pest."
"I can tell that it's something that happened awhile ago. If it was recent, you wouldn't be able to keep your guard up." Ikuto stated. Kanashii froze.
"It's not that I don't like talking to an almost complete stranger during the night, but I'm tired and want to sleep, so LEAVE."
"No."
"Go."
"No."
Kanashii sighed. "If it will get you off my back, you know what, fine. My parents are both dead. That's what happened."
"How did they die?" Ikuto asked, slightly interested.
"None of your business. Now you have to go!" Kanashii said, and started to walk back inside when Ikuto jumped down and grabbed her arm.
"Just tell me. Actually, how about this. If you tell me, I will leave you alone. I won't ever go near you, I won't talk to you. Heck, I won't even look at you if that's what you want."
"...fine." Kanashii said quietly and sat down against the railing. Ikuto stood and leaned on the railing.
"Go ahead."
"When I was three, my father went to join the army. A year later he was killed in battle. My mother didn't have much money, but she still got by, and took care of me. As I grew, my mother's health worsened. I hadn't known this at the time, but when my father died, something snapped in my mother's head and put her into an extremely deep state of shock. When I turned six, I began to realize this, and started to hear rumors that my mother was crazy. I never believed that and still don't, but..." Kanashii trailed off, and lowered her head.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ikuto asked, and was about to touch her shoulder when she smacked his hand away again.
"You said that you wouldn't come near me if I told you, so you better keep that promise..." she said, and lifted her head up, revealing the start of tears in her eyes.
"But..." Ikuto trailed off. Kanashii continued.
"Around five months after my birthday, I... well, I had been at school the whole day, thinking about my mother, because she had looked very ill that morning. I did my usual routine, then hurried home. I realized something was wrong immediately, because when I reached the front door to my house, it would always be unlocked for me, and... that day, it... it wasn't..." she trailed off again, and tears started to run down her face. Ikuto just stood patiently, not wanting to get his hand smacked again.
"Well, I... I knew that there was a spare key under the mat, so I took it and used it to... to open the door. Then, I... looked around for my mother. I didn't see her anywhere on the first floor, so I... I walked upstairs, and over to her room. When I opened the door, I... I..." Kanashii started to sob. Ikuto couldn't stand it. He put his hand on her shoulder. She didn't smack it away that time.
"It's okay, you don't have to say anything else. I can already figure what happened-" Ikuto was cut off as Kanashii grabbed him and sobbed into his chest.
"I... I'm sorry... she said in a quiet voice, and continued to cry. Ikuto put his arms around her, as he had done for Utau several times before. They sat in silence for a few minutes, until Kanashii pushed him away and got up.
"I... I'd better get back inside and sleep... goodnight, Ikuto." Kanashii had said the last part low, but Ikuto had heard her. The gentleness of her voice shocked Ikuto, especially after she had been crying.
"...yeah, you too." Ikuto said, and jumped off into the night. Kanashii looked back, then lay down and immediately fell asleep, feeling a comforting aura around her.
a/n: Okay, I did not mean for this to turn so sappy! I didn't even plan on having any KanaxIku moments either! Man, my brain is so messed up. It seems whenever I get a good idea, and start to type it or write it down, my brains like, "No, I hate that, do this." And I write down something else.