Me: What do 'y' know I've started writing chapter 4!
Ikuto: Whatever
Amu: Why is the chapter called the truth behind my smile? What's wrong with the way I smile!
Me: Nothing
Amu: Then why did you write a chapter about my smile!
Me: Read and find out
Ikuto: Anime in Love FOREVER does not own Shugo Chara
Normal POV
It was now morning and it turned out to be pleasantly sunny on this certain day. Ikuto squinted his eyes at the brightness of the light before yawning and slowly opening his eyes. As he got up from the bed he was sleeping in he looked around, "This isn't my room. If it were then I wouldn't have had any sleep." Ikuto said softly. Then as his eyes fully adjusted to the light he stared at his new room and began to remember the events that had occurred the day before.
Ikuto then got up from his bed and towards the door. Just as his hand reached out for the handle someone else had opened the door. "Hello Ikuto kun my name is Miki. I handle all the cleaning and I had assumed that you had already woken up like the others so I came in here to make your bed." She explained. Ikuto raised his eyebrows. "So Amu needs servants to make the beds?" He asked. Miki let out a light laugh and shook her head, "That's not it I do these things willingly. In fact so do my sisters Ran and Su. Amu chan let us stay here during a hard time and we insisted that we work for her in return. Amu had told us there was no need for us to work for her but after a while she agreed. But only if we let her pay us for our work. My sisters and I hadn't liked the idea but we agreed." Miki explained.
"Hn..Amu seems pretty nice considering the fact that she kidnapped my sister, Kairi and me." He stated. Miki sighed and shook her head, "Ikuto kun I know that you're not very happy to have been taken far away from you're family and friends. But there was a good reason Amu had brought you here and if you knew why, you'd be more than grateful." She told him. Again Ikuto raised his eyebrows and put his hand on his chin, 'Now that I think about it Amu did say something about her saving my life by bringing me here. I wonder what she meant by that...' Ikuto then looked towards Miki and asked, "Why did she bring us here then?" He asked. Miki gulped and looked down, "I'm sorry Ikuto kun but I'm not entirely sure, all I was told was that she saved your lives somehow. Nothing was disclosed to me. Not even the others you may have met have a clue. Only Amu chan and the boss know the whole truth." Miki told him.
Confused Ikuto said,"The boss? I thought Amu was the boss." Miki shook her head, "Amu's not the boss she's the leader." She replied. "What's the difference?" Ikuto asked. "There are members of our group all around the world but Amu's the leader of the main group here in Japan while the boss is incharge of the whole group." Miki explained. Ikuto couldn't help but be more than surprised at the information he was given. "There are members of this group all around the world? Wait who exactly is the boss?" He asked. Miki shrugged, "I don't know Amu chan won't tell anybody." She explained. Ikuto was about to open his mouth to ask another question when Miki said, "You should go down to the living room. Su has made everyone breakfast." She told him. Ikuto nodded before going down the stairs to Su and the others.
As he reached the dining room his nose was aroused by an amazing scent. As he entered the room he couldn't help but let his mouth water at the sight of the many varieties of breakfast dishes laying on the table. Pancakes, French toast, omelettes, bacon, different cereal selections, and just plain toast with many different spreads to choose from to have with the toast. Kukai ,who had been chowing down on some eggs and bacon, looked up from his plate and gave Ikuto a wink and a thumbs up. "So ya finally awake! Did you have a good sleep?" He asked. Ikuto didn't reply and just sat down and stared at different breakfast choices. Lulu couldn't help but laugh at the drooling Ikuto. "Don't be shy now Ikuto you can eat what ever you want." She assured him. Ikuto eyed the blond haired girl suspiciously, "You haven't poisoned any of this have you?" He asked cautiously. Rima glared at Ikuto after hearing what he had said, "Now why would we do that! We're not murderers you know! Look at Utau and Kairi! There eating there breakfast, no problem and nothings happened to them!" She pointed out. Ikuto's eyebrow twitched at the tiny blond haired girl's attitude but he chose not to speak. He just grabbed a slice of toast and some chocolate spread. Ikuto may have liked pancakes but the one thing he love's even better is chocolate. And it tasted even better with toast. You could say he's a chocoholic.
Amu then entered the room alongside Su. "Thanks again for helping me out in the kitchen Amu chan. But I think you should have your breakfast now." Su insisted. "OK but you better come in here after you've finished up and eat your breakfast too." Amu instructed. Su giggled and shook her head, "Gomen Amu chan but I've already eaten my breakfast with Ran and Miki." She explained. Amu sighed, "Again? It wouldn't hurt if you guys had breakfast with us sometime." Amu pouted. "But Amu chan we wouldn't want to intrude..." She said softly. "Oh but you wouldn't be intruding. We want you to come and have breakfast with us." Amu told her. Su smiled, "OK, next time we'll join you" She told her. Amu grinned and hugged her friend before entering the living room to join her other friends in breakfast,
"Ikuto. You're awake. Are you enjoying your breakfast? You know that chocolate spread is homemade! I made it!" Amu told him. Ikuto sighed, 'Why does she speak so casually to me? We're her hostages aren't we? We're not supposed to be friends.' Ikuto thought to himself. "Well the chocolate is nice I guess." He told her. Amu smiled brightly, "I'm glad you liked it!" Amu grinned. Ikuto couldn't help but stare at the pink haired girl, 'Boy, she sure does smile a lot.' He thought to himself.
Kukai looked towards Ikuto and glared at him, "Stop staring at her!" He warned. Amu just giggled, "Stop being so jealous Kukai. It's not his fault I'm so gorgeous." Amu joked before flipping her hair. Kukai still glared daggers at the blue haired boy but proceeded to eat his breakfast and didn't say a word to him. Ikuto sweat dropped before eating the last bit of his chocolaty deliciousness. "So...what now? What should we do?" Asked Utau. Yaya opened her mouth to speak when suddenly a loud alarm started beeping. "Huh what's that alarm for?" Utau asked curiously. "I...its nothing! You guys stay here and I'll be right back!" Amu exclaimed before dashing out of the room. "Well that was...odd." Ikuto muttered.
A few minuets later Amu walked back into the room with a look of seriousness showing on her face. "I just heard from the boss. There at it again and there planning something. It seems that they're going to put there plans into action tomorrow around 3:00pm. We need to be ready before then." Amu instructed. The others nodded and they all had hardened looks on there faces. "What's happening tomorrow? Who's planning what?" I asked curiously. Then just like that after I had asked my question Amu's bright smile appeared once again on her features. "Don't worry it's nothing you should be worried about! Everything will be just fine." She assured. Ikuto sighed and got out of his seat before walking towards his room. "Why is she always smiling like that? What is she hiding?" Ikuto said to himself. "Does that girl really have to be so happy during every situation." Ikuto sighed.
Suddenly footsteps walked behind him, "Just because she's always smiling doesn't mean she's always happy." A voice said. Ikuto raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean Kukai? And why did you come to my room?" He asked. "I just wanted know why you left the room so suddenly. Anyway so Amu always tries to seem happy but in the inside she cannot feel anymore depressed." Kukai explained. Ikuto thought back to when Amu was crying in her room, 'I wonder why she's so depressed then?' As his mind was in thought Kukai continued, "It's hard watching her smile even though she isn't really happy. But...I guess we can't do anything about it now. We can't really change her past, now can we? And man she had a pretty rough past. I guess all of us have had a pretty rocky past...you did, I did and the others probably did too I guess...but Amu...man she was something else. Only me and Tadase know what really happened to her but...wow she suffered way more than we did." Kukai explained.
As Ikuto heard what Kukai had said, he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt in his heart. He hadn't been with Amu very long, it was only the second day they had been together actually. But in the time that he had known her, he hadn't been very nice to her. Sure he had been kidnapped by her, but she hadn't done anything to hurt him or his sister. In fact she had been very nice. To him it felt like he was on a vacation and he had been staying in a five star hotel or something. The thought of Amu being in a depression even worse than his had never occurred to him but now that he knew, he wanted to help her. He had a strong feeling that he could trust her and he would try his hardest to get along with her.
He got up from his bed and looked up at Kukai, "I'm gonna go downstairs now and meet the others. You coming?" He asked. Kukai nodded, with a grin across his face and followed him. When they finally reached the living room everyone was deciding what to do. "Mou! What's wrong with playing hide and seek with Yaya!" Yaya whined. Utau glared at the whining girl, "Because hide and seek is babyish! I say we give each other makeovers!" Utau suggested. At hearing that, all the boys groaned. Ikuto knew Utau very well and he knew full well that she would suggest that. When they were little she would sneak up behind him and try to apply some lipstick on him and paint his nails. He had always resisted her but she would constantly through tantrums and he would usually end up giving in to her. Usually when that happened Utau would take pictures of him with there mom's phone. It was so embarrassing when she kept showing everyone pictures of him with lipstick and nail polish.
"How about we all watch a movie?" Ikuto suggested. Everyone looked at him and began to nod in agreement. "What should we watch?" Nagihiko asked everyone. "What do you have?" Kairi asked. "Hmm...let's see...we have Wreck it Ralph, Avengers age of Ultron and Cheaper by the dozen." Amu told them. Yaya grinned excitedly, "Yaya want's to watch Wreck it Ralph! It reminds me of candy!" Yaya giggled. "Naw...I'm in more of an Avengers mood at the moment." Kukai stated. "Avengers is so...so boyish! I say Cheaper by the dozen!" Lulu exclaimed. And just like that everyone began to quarrel about which movie they should watch. After half an hour Amu couldn't take it anymore and stood up. "We have all day to watch these movies people! We haven't made any plans have we? So let's just watch all of them!" Amu suggested. Everyone stopped arguing after hearing that and agreed to Amu's suggestion.
Amu then grabbed the Wreck it Ralph DVD and put it into the DVD player. Everyone sat down to watch the movie. After everyone sat down to watch the movie there were only two seats left. One next to Utau and one next to Amu. Ikuto looked from both seats before sighing and sitting next to Amu. He did decide to start trying to get along with her better. Why not start with sitting next to her. As he sat next to her, Amu shot him a bright towards him and Ikuto let a small smile grace his features too. But this time as he looked towards the smiling girl he focused more upon her eyes than her smile. And without a doubt, when he looked at her he could tell she wasn't truly happy, for he could see such sadness in her eyes. He then took his eyes off the pink haired and moved his eyes to focus on the TV screen. 'I promise that I will try to be friends with you and I will try to make you happy again.' Ikuto thought to himself in determination before finally starting to watch the movie...
Me: So what do you think?
Ikuto: Meh it was OK
Amu: I liked it!
Me: That's good enough for me! R&R guys!
