~The Watermelon Drug~

Parings: Major Kutau, Minor Amuto, Rimahiko and YayaxTadase

Chapter 4:

Utau stared at Ikuto for a long good minute before she had process what he had said, she then turned to Kukai. "I'll be back," She said.

"No," Kukai said, shaking his head. "I'm coming too." Kukai then looked at Nagihiko and Tadase. "I'll be back."

Ikuto nodded and began to run off, Utau and Kukai followed him. They split up and began to look around the whole town. Utau stopped running and took a break to catch her breath as she became frustrated that she couldn't find her best friend any where. She looked down at her feet and tried to prevent crying, she had to be strong.

She looked up and prepared herself to run once again in search for the pink haired girl. She then ran for about another twenty minutes before she had to stop again and she knew that she was where she had started. She screamed in frustration and kicked the ground as hard as she could, as hard as she looked. She couldn't find her pink friend anywhere she looked.

Utau looked up to see if anyone was watching her, but she remembered that it was night time and not that many people wondered the street at night, mostly for safety reasons. She bit her lower lips, realizing that she was alone. She could be the next victim for rape. Utau shook her head, she had to think right, she had to search for Amu. She turned on the heels of her feet and began to run once again.

While running, she took out her cell phone and began to call Kukai, the phone ringed about five times before she could hear his voice. "Hello?

"Kukai!" Utau nearly shouted as she ran.

There was a brief pause on the other line as he then spoke again. "What?"

"Have you seen Amu yet?" She asked, taking a sharp left turn and she ran past the bar where the just were at.

"No.." He replied through the phone, slightly breathing heavily into the phone. "I've been trying to contact Ikuto but he wont answer his damn phone."

Utau made a face as she continued to run. "Do you think she is still at the bar?"

"Eh?" Kukai asked, confused. "Why think that?"

Utau sighed. "Do you really think that Ikuto really went into the girls bathroom?" She asked, turning around and heading to the bar. "Anyways," Utau said, running faster. "Meet me at the bar."

"Alright." Kukai replied and the connection made a static like noise and she closed her cell phone as she approached the bar. She folded her arms and waited for Kukai to come. She had to wait for about ten to fifteen minutes before he showed up. He smiled at her. "Kay, lets go."

Utau nodded and the of them ran into the bar. They then stopped at the bathroom. Utau cleared her throat. "Amu?" Utau didn't get a replied so she said it louder. "AMU?!"

Kukai shoved the door opened and looked around, he then realized that it was a girl bathroom and he turned around slightly blushing. Utau then walked into the bathroom, she first looked around the main area. She then turned to look at the stalls. She gave a disgusted look as she headed for one of the stalls, she slowly opened it, half expecting Amu to be there passed out.

Utau stared at an empty stall.

Utau then looked through the other two, not seeing anything, she made her way to the last stall in the bathroom. She opened the door slowly, really wanting Amu to be sitting there, her head on the toilet seat with her eyes closed as she slept. But, instead she got nothing. Utau closed her eyes and exhaled slowly. She then walked out of the bathroom and looked at Kukai. "She wasn't in there."

Kukai then looked at the guys bathroom. "There's always the guys bathroom.." He said awkwardly as he pointed towards it. He knew he shouldn't be offering a girl to go inside the guys bathroom, but he knew that she, and Ikuto, needed to find Amu.

Utau pailed. "The guys bathroom?" She asked. "Are you crazy?"

Kukai shrugged. "Like you said, she is a alcoholic, which means she was drunk."

"Bu-" Utau started and looked at the door which had the sign of males on it. "Why?" She asked.

Kukai opened the door, looking around first to make sure that there wasn't any guys in there, when he knew there wasn't he pulled Utau into the room. Utau yelped as she was pulled into the bathroom, she glared at him as he locked the door.

"Isn't that going to cause the guys to get angry?" Utau asked.

"So?" Kukai asked, he then put on a serious face. "Look in the stools."

Utau nodded slowly as she approached them, she was now half expecting a fat guy sitting to the toilet passed out. She opened the first door to the stool and looked inside the stool, she found nothing other then toilet paper speard across the floor. Utau sighed and walked to the next stall which she opened quickly, and much to her dismey, found indeed, a fat guy passed out on the toilet.

"Kukai! There is a passed out fat man on the fricken toliet!" She nearly shouted as she turned to look at him. But when she did, she saw the has was doing his own business. Utau blushed, she wasn't expecting to see him going to the bathroom. She turned back to the stool and closed the stool door. She then walked to the next stool she kicked it down, it opened half way and it came back to her way. Utau back up right before it hit her in the face. Utau raised an eyebrow as she then slowly opened the door and slid through the small space to get into the stool.

Thank me for being skinny.

Utau looked down at felt a sudden rush of joy. "Amu!" She called, reaching toward her and lifted her to her feet sloppily. Utau then pressed herself against the wall and struggled to get Amu close enough to her so she could open the door. "Kukai!" She shouted. "Open the door!"

Kukai seemed to hear her and opened the door, and when he saw Amu, he took her from Utau and dragged her out of the stall. He then rested Amu against the wall and checked for her pulse, he then looked back at Utau. "She's okay."

Utau gave a sigh of relief and knealed down to Amu. "That makes me feel better," She said calmly, looking at Kukai. "You should try and call Ikuto again."

Kukai nodded and took out his cell phone calling Ikuto. Utau ignored the conversation as she looked at Amu, she was glad that she found her friend, she didn't know what she would have done if she didn't find Amu. She probably would have stopped eating again, knowing herself. "He said he'll be here as soon as he can."

Utau nodded and looked at him. He was smiling again, that same, bright, happy smile that he always had on his face. If you couldn't smile back to that face, you had no emotions. She smiled back at him, she was tempted to kiss him.

Utau then leaned in towards him, Kukai had no clue what she was doing until she was close enough to him. He blinked a couple of times before leaning in towards her too. Utau closed her eyes as she knew that she wasn't that far away from him, she placed her hands on the ground to support herself up. When there lips were so close that it almost didn't even look like there was a space between them, the door opened and Ikuto ran into the bathroom. The two of them immediately separated and looked away from each other to look at Amu.

"Amu..." Ikuto mumbled, looking at her as he leaned towards her, picking her up gently. "She's okay."

Utau looked at Ikuto. "By the way Ikuto, why do you care about Amu so much? Do you like her?"

Ikuto stiffened then laughed. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't." Utau and Kukai looked at each other then at Ikuto in disbelief.

"You like her." They both said in union.

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As Nagihiko walked out of the house the day after they went to the bar, he looked at the calender once again. The day was coming closer. He gulped as he then took out his cell phone, calling Rima and hoping that she would pick up her cell phone. He wanted to ask if she wanted to go today to the circus, but he saw the way that she seemed... silent.

"Hello?" A quiet voice asked from the other end.

Nagihiko smiled. "Hi Rima!" He said happily, trying to cheer her up.

"Hi." She replied to his happy greeting. "Why are you calling?"

"Funny you should ask," Nagihiko mumbled then smiled. "I was wondering.."

"Hm?" Rima asked as Nagihiko could hear her walk around in her room, she was pacing. "What is it?"

"If you want to.." Nagihiko tried, he couldn't spill it out.

He could hear her tapping her foor on the other end of the phone. "If I want to what Nagi?"

Nagihiko exhaled and closed his eyes. "If you want to go to the circus with me.."

There was a pause of silence and Nagihiko was worried that she was going to say no to him. "Sure," She said coolly. "I'll see you when you get here."

"Okay." Nagihiko said calmly, ending the conversation and smiling to himself happily. He had done it, he had asked Rima to go somewhere with him. Nagihiko then pulled on a sweatshirt and ran out the door. He ran as fast as he could, just to see her face. Her smile.

Even if the thing about three weeks was stuck in his mind, when he saw Rima, it faded away.

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"Utau," Yaya said calmly, standing on the porch, looking at her as she walked outside out the house. "Where are you going?"

"Hm?" Utau asked, leaning on the rail.

Yaya sighed as she exhaled and watched the smoke exit through her mouth. "Where are you going?"

"Oh," Utau replied, smiling slightly. "No where." Utau said, then looked at her feet slowly. "Why did you ask?"

Yaya shrugged. "Your are wearing your jacket and shoes."

"Eh? Am I?" Utau asked, looking at her jacket, then at her shoes slowly, she hadn't realized that she was wearing them. "I must have been comfy in them."

Yaya laughed slightly and looked at the sky. "You wanna know something Utau?"

Utau looked at Yaya. "What?"

"You remember last night?" Yaya asked, tossing the finished cigarette into the grass and exhaling.

Utau nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"Well," Yaya said. "You remember how I was talking to that blonde boy- Tadase, right?"

"Yeah sure," Utau replied, resting against the rail.

It took Yaya a minute before she spoke again, almost silently as she looked at Utau. "I learn something from him Utau, he cuts himself, like Rima does."

Utau stiffened. "He doesn't seem like the type.."

"I didn't think that either," Yaya commented. "But he showed me, he showed me the truth."

"Don't take this offensive," Utau stated. "But why are you telling me?"

Yaya closed her eyes. "I don't know," She said slowly. "I can't tell Amu, she's drunk have the time.. And Rima, she never talks that much."

Utau looked at Yaya. "So you are saying that I am the easiest one to talk to out of the three of us?"

Yaya nodded. "Yes."

"Hey!"

Both Yaya and Utau turned to look at Nagihiko who was standing at the sidewalk smiling. He then waved at the two girls. "Hey Nagi," Utau said, the blinked. "Why are you here?"

"I'm here to pick up Rima." Nagihiko called as he smiled once again.

Utau turned to look at Yaya and whispered to her. "Is Rima dating him?"

Yaya shrugged. "I dunno."

Utau looked back at Nagihiko. "One minute Nagi," She said, then faced the door of their house. "Rima! Nagi's here to pick you up!" She shouted and looked back at Nagihiko who had a slight blush on his face. "She'll be down soon."

"A- alright." Nagihiko said as he put his hands in his swear shirts pocket and waited silently for Rima to emerge from the house. He had to wait for about three minutes before Rima opened the door and she walked outside, she then looked at Utau.

"Couldn't you have said anything better then that?" She asked, folding her arms, then looking at Nagihiko. "Hi."

Nagihiko smiled slightly. "Hey." He said, waiting for her to come down the few steps. She was wearing a long sleeved blue striped shirt with white carpries.

Rima walked down the few steps and looked at Utau and Yaya sternly. "I'll be back before midnight."

Utau dropped her head. "Thats reassuring."

Rima smiled slightly and she began to walk off with Nagihiko. Yaya watched her leave, she then looked at Utau. "Don't worry about it, she'll come back. This is Rima were talking about."

Utau raised her head and looked at Yaya. "You're right, the only person I should worry about is Amu." She mumbled, looking at the door calmly. "But I think she'll be fine for right now."

Yaya nodded and walked inside, leaving Utau alone on the deck like thing outside the house. Utau then looked away from the door and gazed out into the sun. "I hope our life's get better," Utau mumbled. "Mine's doing fine and it seems like Rima's is too, but.." Utau paused, looking at her feet. "I'm unsure about Yaya and Amu, they are worrying me."