Love Through Acting
I really don't know why I put Tadase in this chapter, he's always mean or evil. ;u;
Sorry about that Tadase fans but if you like reading my fanfics, you're going to have to put up with that a lot!
So anyway, thanks for the reviews :D (I'm going to say that in every chapter because they all actually make me really happy XD)
( Ikuto's POV )
As she stared at me for a while, I broke the silence by flicking her on the forehead. Amu covered her forehead with her hands and puffed her cheeks, slightly annoyed at me. "Idiot…" I smirked, walking out of my dressing room (making her follow me.) I heard her mumble some stuff behind me but I didn't answer, just left her in complete mystery. I was quite good at doing that after all. When we were finally out of the studio, Amu started to punch my arm lightly, badly trying to get my attention. I stopped walking at a small shop which was painted white with royal blue and dark pink music notes on it. Since it was a Sunday, the shop was quite busy and they were having a clear out sale which was perfect for Amu, who didn't have much money on her.
"Why are we here?" she asked me cluelessly, walking inside the store and examining the clothes. "They're so cute! And it's fifty percent off! This is awesome," she giggled with a cute smile. Amu picked a neon yellow t-shirt with the words 'Music Chick' written on them. It looked as if it would fit her, but anything in a store like this would fit her since they were all cute and so was she.
"Yellow isn't your colour. Try the purple version, it looks better," I thought out loud. She raised an eyebrow as she put the t-shirt down and put one arm to her hips.
"So you start speaking now? And since when were you a fashion expert?" Amu asked bluntly, watching me smirk. "Wipe that smirk off your face, seriously. It's really annoying." Amu rolled her eyes and picked a pair of light pink denim shorts that were ripped on one side, perfectly fine on the other. She browsed for a while until I realized she was in the changing rooms, humming her favourite song. When she came back, Amu had on the same shorts, a violet coloured halter top, the same colour bow on her head and light pink ballet flats that matched her jeans. Everything went perfectly (help from me, of course) and looked good but it felt like something was missing. She twirled around and bumped in to me, looking a bit dizzy. I put my hands on her shoulder and chuckled.
"There there, are you alright?" I asked.
"Yeah! I think… So how do I look?" she responded, taking my hands off of her and walking further back to the mirror. "I think it's really pretty, especially since a guy chose it for me. It gives me a confidence boost as well!"
"It looks really good, especially with the purple and pink because it matches your hair. Now the accessories store," I told her as she paid for the clothes and we both headed out of the store together. Amu nodded in agreement and counted the amount of money she had left in her pocket. She had a cash card but she was only allowed to use it in emergencies since apparently, she was a really bad spender when it came to shopping and money. I showed her the next shop and we both went in.
"This place is pretty!" Amu exclaimed with a grin, admiring the round shaped counters and seats. It really was glamorous and girly, not a place for guys like me but it couldn't be helped if it was for Amu. I sat in one of the round chairs (they were shaped like a teacup.)
"Show me what you like and I'll think of what might look good with your outfit," I explained.
"I hate to admit it but you're quite good when it comes to fashion, why is that?" she asked me, looking over at some navy coloured earrings.
"I'm just telling you what I would like a girl wearing. If the colours don't all match, it looks messy and completely distracts you from the clothing, even if it is really pretty. Colours are more important than you think," I told Amu briefly, walking behind her and taking the earrings out of her hand. "Cats?" I looked carefully at the earrings. On one pair was a navy blue cat and on the other was a black.
"Y-Yeah. I found a cat the other day and I brought it home. It reminded me of the cat…" she mumbled as she blushed a bit even though it wasn't completely visible.
"Come on, no slacking off. How about these?" I asked her as I held up a pair of earrings with light blue 3D hearts on it.
"They look cute! I'll take them. I need some ray bans. What colour would match my face?" Amu walked to the sunglasses section and put some on, admiring herself in the mirror vainly. I put my hand to my chin as if I was thinking and imagined some ray bans on her. Pink would have probably looked the best, so I took the ray bans she was wearing at that moment and switched it with the cherry blossom pink coloured ray bans. It was perfect and suited her face perfectly. She giggled while looking in the mirror and posed like a model, pretending she was one.
"Do they have changing rooms in here to change in to my new outfit? I don't think they would since it's an accessory shop but it's worth a try asking," Amu asked cluelessly, wondering whether to ask a staff or not. If she did, she'd probably sound a bit stupid but that wouldn't stop her from doing something.
"Nah, if you want to change in to your clothes, I'll take you to another clothes store." She nodded.
I picked a store (after she paid for the earrings, ray bans, a plaid scarf and a bracelet that I chose) and when she got changed, Amu looked fabulous. Everything was wonderfully chosen and most of it was her picking.
"Where are we going next?" she asked me, hanging by my arm for the first time. "Oh… sorry," Amu faltered, letting go of my arm once she realized what she had done.
"No, it's alright. You're more than welcome to hang on to my arm. Hey, it's even asking for you," I teased her while she chuckled without blushing. That was a first.
"Nice to know, pedobear," she responded, watching as I held her hand. "Only for a few minutes, and then I'm letting go. Alright?"
"Sure sure, whatever you say."
"Alright so, answer my question. Where are we going to go now?"
"Well, we're finished actually. Now we're going to the main street, guys often come there. I'll stand close to you but not too close to make them think we're together, is that okay?" Amu nodded and we both walked to the main street, still hand in hand. When I let go, she looked at me in a way I couldn't understand and turned around, sitting down on a bench with her cell phone in a hand. For a few minutes, no one came by her side to greet her. Everyone walked past like she wasn't there and I could see the upset look in her face. Amu got up and as she was about to walk back to me, she bumped in to a blonde guy who was on the phone. He dropped his phone and just as she was about to pick it up for him to say sorry, the blonde touched her hand but it looked like he had done it on purpose.
"I-I'm so sorry about that! I didn't mean to break your phone! I'll pay for it, I swear!" Amu apologized as she held his phone out politely.
"No need, I'm not poor but thanks, you're kind of cute. Want to hang out with me?" the blonde asked, with a smile visible on his face. He was the type of guy Amu would fall for, the prince, the cute one. It was good that she finally found someone, but this might have caused my plan to not work, it didn't matter though.
"S-Sure, if you really want to though," Amu responded, blushing a lot. The blonde just simply smiled and took her hand to the nearest café but just as I was about to follow them, my phone started to vibrate from my pocket quite loudly. I growled and answered it.
"Hello? Tsukiyomi?" Kukai shouted from the other line.
"What is it Kukai? I'm in the middle of something important!" I roared at him.
"Why the hell did you ask Hinamori to be your girlfriend? That's just absurd, seriously! Mashiro was joking around when she told you guys to dance!" he shouted at me violently.
"Listen Kukai, I need you not to tell anyone this, alright?"
"I promise, so what's the deal? What's going on?"
"Well…"
( Amu's POV )
"What drink do you want? It's on me," he asked me politely. He smiled sweetly; it made me feel like there were a thousand butterflies fluttering in my stomach. It made me anxious and my palms got sweaty, but I hid my hands when I folded my arms. "Are you there? You look like you're in a bit of a daydream."
"O-Oh yeah, sorry about that. I was just… Thinking about something. I'll have a chocolate milkshake but are you sure about paying? It's not like I haven't got any money, I do-"
"Cute girls like you shouldn't be paying about small things like these. Plus, it's hardly anything. Don't even mention it." I blushed nervously and fiddled with the fork in front of me. "I haven't got your name yet."
"S-Sorry, it's Amu Hinamori. W-What's yours?"
"I'm Tadase Hotori, the son of Tsukasa Hotori, a CEO. He's quite famous, have you heard of him?"
"Y-Yeah, I think."
"That's good. You're the new character of The Guardians, am I right? I think I saw you through the entries. You were great," he guessed after ordering a chocolate milkshake for me and a vanilla milkshake for himself. I gave him a nod which meant yes as he watched the waiter closely bring the drinks and go back. "Wow…" he mumbled.
"Is something wrong?" I asked him (I was a bit surprised I didn't stutter at that point) as I started to sip through the straw of my milkshake. He opened his mouth to talk but then shut it again, smiling respectfully. It looked like he was hiding something from me. "Tadase-kun? Is something up because you're acting strange."
"Nothing at all. Should we get out of here? It's getting kind of stuffy and I'm not good with crowded places. Let's go to… Let's go over there!" Tadase-kun exclaimed, taking me away from the store and out to the open. I looked back to the waitress who was trying to constantly catch his attention, meeting his glance every few minutes as he talked. I wondered who she was but it was probably someone who she just had a crush on I shouldn't have been worried, so why was I?
"Where are we going, Tadase-kun? We're where we started," I hesitated to say, watching his anxious face.
"Oh, I never realized. Let's… Let's go… Let's go to the pet store, I heard they've brought some new kittens…" he faltered, wiping his forehead.
"Kittens… I see…" I mumbled quietly while smiling to myself, not knowing that he heard what I just said.
"Do you take a liking for cats and kittens? I don't, I'm allergic but most girls do so," Tadase-kun replied when we both walked in to the store and gladly looked around.
"Cats are my favourite animal!" I giggled, wanting to stroke one of the kittens really badly. "They're all so cute and cuddly."
"I'm more of a dog person, cats are too… Evil for me." I looked at Tadase-kun with a look of puzzlement and shrugged it off.
"Oh okay."
"Do you have a cat?"
"Yeah… I have two!" I giggled as I spoke and pictures something in my head. I'll leave it up to you to think of who the second one was.
"That's cool."
"Yeah..."
When the day was over, Tadase-kun invited me to a date tomorrow at my break (since I was working at that day and we couldn't do the morning because I was starting my new day at school) which was at around five o'clock. It lasted for an hour (it was the only hour break of the day) so it was long enough to fit something in. We hadn't decided where to go but we were meeting in the same spot we met up today and as soon as we split ways, I checked my cell phone and saw that I had four new text messages. One from Ikuto, Kukai, Rima and Nagihiko.
Ikuto: 15:25: I have to tell you something, come to your dressing room ASAP!
Kukai: 16:34: Come to the studio, now, seriously.
Rima: 17:02: Come on Amu, why aren't you replying?
Nagihiko: 17: 46: Amu-chan, are you alright?
Everyone was so worried about me, but why? It wasn't like anything had just happened to me or I just got kidnapped, so it left me wondering things for a while. I went straight home and messaged them all. "Don't worry about me; I'm absolutely fine so you shouldn't worry!" I messaged back cheerfully.
"That's not the point! We have to talk to you urgently tomorrow, alright? We need to talk to you about two things, school and something else. It's not important as in the world is crashing down on you but important as in you may get slightly hurt so don't tell us you have something else to do!" Rima shouted at me after she called and I answered.
"Okay okay but why is it so important? It's not like it's going to be actually really important that my life depends on it…"
"Amu, your life might not depend on it, but it definitely is important and we think you should know. Since we've all got work, we'll talk at our hour break. Is that a deal?"
"But… But Rima…"
"There are no buts Amu! Kukai, Ikuto, Nagihiko and I are all doing it for your sake."
"I've got plans at our hour break!"
"Fine, then I'll tell you after that, before rehearsals."
"Alright."
Just so you guys know, I made this story to remind my readers that people aren't always what they look like and that being in love isn't as easy as it seems, even if it's described so perfectly, sometimes it feels like there are daggers in your heart. It's a warning, but if you like looking at the positive side of life, things might be alright. Never be negative, or you will really be put down.
