"Amu! You're going to be late for your party!" "I know mom! I'm just getting my hair the right way!" "Well, hurry up!" "K." Amu said as she rubbed her hair dry with a towl.

The door opened. "Hey, mom, can you help me with my hair?" No answer. Amu turned and quickly blushed. "AHH! Tadase! What are you doing here!" She noticed that he was dressed in a formal suit. "Why are you wearing a suit?" "Ah, thats easy, I'm escorting you to the party." "What!" "Thats alright isn't it?" "Ah..." "After all you are my girlfriend right?" "Yes, but I...you weren't invited." "Hence why I'm going with you. See one can always bring a guest with them to these sort of parties. So, I'm your guest." Amu sighed, "Why? You don't already have a date, do you?" "...No, of course not..." "Good then I'll wait for you downstairs, don't be too long though." "I...I wont." Amu said, fake smiling as Tadase left the room. "Great, now what do I do?" she sighed and pulled on her panties.

She'd invited Ikuto to the party as her guest the other night during tea with the caretaker, but she hadn't counted on Tadase suddenly wanting to take her to the party. She was not happy with Tadase, and was going to make sure she let him know that she wasn't happy with him. She picked up the phone. "Hey, Tadase showed up out of the damn blue and is insisting that he escort me tonight...man, and I really wanted you to. I'll call the person hosting this party and see if she can put you on the list, so that you can come anyway. Alright, I'll try to meet up with you once I'm there, but thats not going to be easy. K, yeah, love you too, bye." She hung up and hurried in her dressing and was ready, down the stairs and out the door with Tadase in moments. "Oh, just give me a moment." "Hm? What for?" "I need to fix something on my dress." "Alright, when you're done, get in." "K." Amu waited till Tadase was in the car, then called Kukai and asked him for a favor, then called Negihko and asked for the same favor. They both agreed. Amu then got into the rented limo that Tadase had gotten for the party. "Everything good?" "Mhm, everything is good." Amu said as she buckled up.

"Hm..." "What?" Amu asked. Tadase hadn't stopped staring at her since they'd left Amu's house. "Nothing, except, I want a kiss." Amu looked right at him. "What..." "A kiss. As your boyfriend, am I not entitled to one?" "Ah...but I...I just brushed my teeth..." "Don't worry I like minty things." He leaned in to kiss her, but she backed away. He grasped her chin to turn her to face him, but she pulled away and out of his grasp. "Why wont you kiss me?" "I...I jst don't feel like it, that why." "Thats not good enough." "Too bad, you'll just have to deal with it." Amu said, annoyance in her voice as the limo pulled up to the house that the party was being held at. She quickly got out and headed in.

"Wait, for me." Amu sighed and stopped until he caught up with her. "You know for a girl wearing heels, you sure can move quickly." "Well, thats being a girl for you. Lets go in no..." Amu turned as a group of people entered surrounding someone. She waited till she saw the person in the middle. She smiled as he winked at her, before being swept away in a mobof people.

"Forget it." "Huh?" "I saw you looking at him, and forget it." "Forget what?" "The whole reason I came here tonight, was so that you couldn't go off to be alone with Ikuto." "What! Tadase! You..." "Excuse me," "Hm? Ne...Negihko!" "Hey, there, Tadase, looking good, and Amu, looking very lovely." "Thanks." "Care if I steal her away for a moment?" "Ah...wait...I..." "I'll have her back shortly, don't worry about it." "I..." Before Tadase could say no, Amu was wisked away in a dance. "Hrm!" Tadase was not pleased, not at all.

"Whew! Thank you!" "No problem, by the way, your good a dancer." "Thanks," The music stopped and so did both Amu and Negihko. "Thanks for the dance, but I think theres someone else who'd like to spend the night with you." Amu smiled and turned to Ikuto, who had been able to get out of the mob of girls. "Hey." "Hey..." "Well, I'll be going. Have fun and don't worry about Tadase, Kukai and I will keep a hold of him." "Thanks." Amu walked away from the crowd with Ikuto.

"So, you escaped him huh?" "Mhm, I did...what?" "Don't make me ask it." "Make you ask what?" Ha!" Ikuto surprised her by taking her hand and kissing it, "Lets dance." Amu's cheeks were bright red as she let Ikuto lead her around the dance floor. She was having the time of her life and she was loving evey bit of it. She was smiling when they passed by Tadase, who did not look at all happy.

"Wow, kiddy king does not look happy." "Tough luck, one is supposed to have fun a t a party, and thats what I'm doing, having fun." "Huh, lets go get some air." "K." Amu was lead outside and together they stood on the terrace, their sillohette was like one out of a romance picture. What made it better, was when they kissed while standing there together. "Lets ditch this party for a while." "Sure." They headed further into the garden area. "Hm...what a nice...oof!" Amu had been thrust into a thicket of bushes, Ikuto now hovering over top of her. "Jerk! You could have warned me," "More fun that way." He said, before taking her lips into his own.

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"Alright, we should get back to the party, before we're found out, out here." "Yeah, I guess so...hm?" "You're friend has come to take you back to the kiddy king." Amu kissed him one last time then accepted Kukai's dance and disappeared into the crowd of dancing people. "Have a nice time?" "Yeah, I cannot thank you and Negihko enough. You've been wondeful helps." "No problem. Well, here we are and..." "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Tadase yelled as he reached where Amu and Kukai were. "Tadase...look, I'm sorry, but after the dance with Negihko..." "You know, I only got to escort you in," "I know, and I'm sorry, but..." "Anyway, lets go home..." "I don't want to go yet." "Lets go!" "NO!" Amu shouted.

"Amu..." "I'm tired of this! You trying to control me like this! I sick of it! You can go home by yourself!" She said angrily. "Also...uh..." "Excuse me, everyone, but she seems to need some air." "Ikuto..." "Come with me miss, and we'll get you some fresh air." Ikuto lead her awya from the crowd. "Wait! Amu come..." Amu hung her head and sighed, a set of tears on her face, "You've changed Tadase...you've changed from the person I knew you as...you were kind then, now...now, you're just being mean." "Come along miss." Amu nodded and went along with Ikuto out to get some fresh air.

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The next day, Amu was just sitting at home, when a knock came to the door. "Hm? Hey, whats...hey!" "Go get dressed into something a bit nicer." "Hmph! Why?" "Just go get dressed." "Hm...fine." Amu went up to her room and got dressed in something nice.

"There, I'm dressed now what?" "Lets go out." "Oh, okay, where?" "Don't know yet, lets just go for a walk." "Okay." Amu had been feeling a bit low since the party. She'd not only embarassed herself and her friends at the party. Now she was glad that Ikuto was there and she loved the idea of getting out and having fun that day.

"So, where did you want to go?" "Doesn't matter, anywhere that I can just feel at peace." "Hm...how about the aquarium?" "Sure, sounds fun." Amu said, but she wasn't sure whether she should be going there with Ikuto, when she'd been there once before with Tadase. She shugged and the two headed out.

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"Where to first?" "Doesn't matter..." Amu suddenly blushed when Ikuto's arm went around her shoulders as they walked through the doors. "Hm...Tropical Haven? Weird names for this stuff." "Yeah...are you alright?" "Yeah, I'm fine..." "Is being around fish...bothering you?" "Not reall...somewhat." "Then why come here...OH! Wow!" Amu exclaimed and looked up at a swimming dolphins. "Wow!" "Oh, didn't I mention that they just got a new addition to this place?" "No, you didn't." "So, now do you see why we came here?" "Mhm, yeah. Wow they are so amamzing..." "So are you." He whispered in her ear and wrapped his arms aorund her waist, pulling her closer. She looked at him with a red, flushed face, and he kissed her. Amu never noticed that Tadase had been passing by and had just seen the kiss. Then he saw the two walk away together, hand in hand.

"Bet you're glad to be out of there huh?" "Hm...much." The two had left the aquarium and had decided to go and sit on the grass, Ikuto's head reasting in Amu's lap. They sat together there for quite a while just watching the sunset.

"It's been a really nice day to...mmm" Ikuto had pulled her arm, capturing her lips in a kiss at the same time. They remained like that for while more, then headed back to Amu's place.

"Thanks for the fun time...ah?" Ikuto had an annoyed look on his face. "What?" "You know that its impolite not to invite your company into your house?" "Oh...I didn't know you wanted to come in. Come on then." "Thats a bit better." Amu opened the door and was grasped in a strong hold. She felt lips tracing and kissing her neck. It tickled and she giggled. He kissed her, and slipped his hand around her waist to the back of her shirt. "Mm, wait..." "Why?" "I..." "Welcome home."

Amu turned to see her mother washing some dishes. "Mom!" "Ah..." "Oh, hello, Ikuto, its been a while." "Yeah...well, I was just walking her back, see you Amu." "Hm, bye." Amu sighed as he left sort of quickly.

"You look like you had a fun time." "I did." "Where'd you two go?" "The new dolphin show at the aquarium." "I see, so are you and Ikuto dating?" "Hm?" "I mean what about Tadase?" "Huh?" "Well, aren't you dating Tadase?" "I um...thats a bit...we're in a bit of a standstill right now." "Oh? Why?" "He's being a real jerk at the moment..." "I see, well, just make sure your father doesn't find out, he wont be as forgiving and understanding as me." "I know, thanks mom." Amu said and hurried upstairs to her room.