Love Beyond The Grave
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CHAPTER FOUR – Never Forget
Ikuto resumed talking, "I can't have feelings for you because…I passed away a few years ago." Amu didn't look up. She scoffed, "Don't tease me. I know you love to tease me, but rejection is bad enough. There's no need to make up an unbelievable excuse."
"Do you think I would do something so horrible as to make up an excuse and say that I was dead?" His voice rose. He became impatient with the girl who thought he would lie about something as serious as death. Amu's head snapped up at the sudden tension in his voice.
"Sorry." She apologized weakly. "But how can you be… if your not…" Amu shook her head in confusion.
"No. I'm the one that's sorry. I know it's hard to believe, but I am telling you the truth. I wouldn't lie like that. Especially to someone I deeply care about." Ikuto stated with a hint of pink on his cheeks.
"Y-you care about me?" Amu said to herself in a barely audible voice. Ikuto heard her and nodded. "Prove it to me." She demanded. She could not help but be skeptical.
Ikuto nodded and pointed over to his gravestone. Amu walked over to it, touched it, and then looked at Ikuto. In return he nodded. Amu lifted her hands towards Ikuto's face in order to caress his cheeks in her small hands, but she was shocked to find that her hands went right through him.
"You weren't lying to me." Amu's tears fell again. Kami-Sama's servant suddenly appeared before Amu and Ikuto.
"Ikuto, it is time for you to go. You have finished your job here. Your soul may now rest in peace."
"No, you can't leave me!" Amu cried.
"I am sorry but Ikuto can no longer stay on this earth." The servant informed her. Amu turned away from the two spirits. Trying to ignore the feeling that tugged at her heart, she spoke,
"Then go." Without Amu's knowledge Ikuto whispered a request into the servant's ear.
"Your wish shall be granted." The servant touched Ikuto's shoulder then disappeared.
"Amu." Ikuto called out to her.
"What? I thought you were leaving." She said stubbornly. From behind Ikuto snaked his arms around Amu's petite waist and hugged her. Of course, she was shocked but she did nothing about it. She turned back and faced him and hugged him back. "It's too bad this moment can't last forever." Amu mumbled into his shirt. He knew that what she said was true but he wished it wasn't.
"It's time for me to go now." Ikuto broke of the embrace. Amu clung onto him tighter.
Amu clung onto me and looked me in the eyes, "Ikuto…" She said, "Don't leave me." I gave her an apologetic look,
"I'm sorry but I can't do anyth-" Amu cut me off and yelled,
"But you care about me right?" She stared at me with a pleading look. I didn't know how to answer. I made a promise to love only Meilin, but I guess I already broke it by falling in love with Amu. I didn't know what to do.
Right then, Meilin and Kami-Sama's messenger appeared in front of me, behind Amu. Meilin put her finger to her lips and made a "shh" sign. Then she mouthed to me, "It's okay. You can tell her." I smiled at her. Of course, she would come at a time like this. She always thought of others before herself.
"Thank you." I mouthed back at her. With that said and done, she and the messenger left us. I pulled Amu closer and said, "Yes. I do love you."
"Then don't leave." She pleaded. I forced a smile. I didn't want to leave her either, believe me, but I knew I had to.
"Don't worry Amu. When you wake up tomorrow, you won't remember what has happened between us. I will watch over you will I'm gone…"
"What do you mean I won't remember? No! I will not forget you! I won't!" She yelled. I sighed at her naivety. I knew she was determined to remember, but she would forget. It was inevitable.
"Thank you for putting my soul to rest." I whispered in her ear.
Ikuto hugged Amu one last time "goodbye, Amu," he whispered. He gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Ikuto…" Amu pulled him tighter into the embrace, snuggling her face closer to his chest. She knew they weren't going to meet again. A single tear slipped down her cheek and he smiled at her and wiped it away. Ikuto slowly faded away and then vanished from her sight.
"Bye, Ikuto." She whispered.
Later at home, Amu went to her room and lied down on her bed. Don't worry. When you wake up you won't remember what happened between us. Ikuto's words constantly replayed in her mind.
"Agh! I want to remember. If I don't sleep then I can't wake up tomorrow. If I can't wake up tomorrow then I won't forget!" Amu tried to convince herself. She struggled to stay awake but sleep soon overpowered her, and she drifted off into a deep slumber.
END CHAPTER – Stay tuned! Chapter five is on its way!
Meilin: Rawr! It's not over yet!
Ikuto: Jerk…is she going to remember when she wakes up?
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