Keirii: Here we are! Two months overdue but I finally finished it! And I must say….it rocks~ X3 *crickets chirping* ….o.o…I should duck shouldn't I…?
Amu: *smirking and nodding*
Keirii: O_O HOLY CRAP! *ducks and runs as rotten veggies start flying her way*
Amu: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! That's what you get for torturing me in this chapter!!!!
Keirii: *peeks from behind wall* Don't forget to review please! *is hit in the face with a tomato* EW!
Chapter 4
Amu sighed as she listened to people running back and forth outside the door of her badly lit closet. To think, this morning had started out so well…this was all Suzu's fault…Kinomoto Suzu and her terrible ideas!
"A break?"
"A break." Suzu echoed as Amu stared at her from the other side of her desk. The older woman watched her with a frown. "You've been working non-stop for three days Amu-chan. I doubt you've had more than 5 hours sleep each night."
Amu glanced at her vague reflection in the window behind Suzu. Dark shadows glared at her from beneath her eyes. Maybe Suzu was right… "But what about Tsukiyomi-san?"
Suzu's frown slid into a scowl as she stood and grabbed three darts from her desk "Don't worry about Ikuto." She threw the darts at the back of her door where a photograph of Ikuto was pinned. One hit him between the eyes and Suzu smirked evilly "I'll deal with him."
Amu shuddered as she remembered the evil look in Suzu's eyes….Ikuto was definitely going to regret slipping mustard into her coffee before the meeting with the head of Easter Records. Carefully, Amu poked her head around a corner. She was definitely going to be cautious, especially knowing that Ikuto was already looking for her.
"Be careful Amu-chan! If Ikuto sees you its game over!"
Amu chuckled at Suzu's paranoia as she left the office. She extremely doubted the singer would hunt her down when he found out she was leaving…
Amu froze for a moment before diving through an open door as Yoru turned the corner. She pressed herself against the wall behind the door and shushing the man sitting behind the desk on the other side of the room desperately and silently.
"Stupid Ikuto…." Amu heard the young man mutter as he passed the room "Don't see why he can't get Nezumi-chan himself…ordering me around just 'cause he's bored, nya…."
Amu breathed a sigh of relief as he passed the room and snuck back out as Yoru entered Suzu's office. She gave the still shocked inhabitant of the room a wave before dashing down the corridor and around the corner.
That was just the start of Amu's ridiculously hard journey out of the Easter Corp. building. Who knew that perverted cat had so many people at his beck and call...wait…correction...who WASN'T at Ikuto's beck and call?!
"Hey did you hear? Tsukiyomi Ikuto is paying people to look for his PA!"
"What seriously?!"
"Yeah! Apparently Tsukiyomi-san has loads of stuff for her to do but his manager, you know, Kinomoto Suzu, well she let the girl go home for the day!"
"How much is he paying?"
"10,000 yen is rewarded to whoever finds her and takes her to him!"
"What are we waiting for!!!!!"
Amu gulped and shrank down further behind the desk as the girls ran out of the room. Dear god this guy was relentless!
And then there was the elevator trick.
Amu turned another corner. The elevators were just down this corrid-
"There she is!!!"
Amu screamed and ran as fast as she could as two men in suits chased her. She forced the doors to the reception area open and dashed towards the elevator doors. She pressed the button desperately………only to have it give a buzz.
"We apologize for the inconvenience but the elevator is currently out of service."
Amu felt like screaming as the sound of the reception radio was cut off by an annoyingly familiar voice…"Sorry about that Amu…looks like Arata accidentally turned off the power to the elevators. Damn. Such bad luck."
Amu gaped at the elevator doors. She hadn't met Arata yet and she hated him even more… Amu snarled under her breath and glared towards the men who were smirking at her. They paled under her gaze before she turned and sent the security camera in the corner the one finger salute.
Sending a final glare at the two men who were looking to each other for a signal to get her, Amu ran towards the emergency stairway. She was definitely calling in sick tomorrow.
Oh but things didn't get ANY easier from there!
Amu squeaked as she leapt down the stairs two at a time. People were running at her and trying to block her way from all sides. She screamed as a particularly large man jumped out from behind a wall at the bottom of the stairs.
"Gotcha!"
Amu screeched to a halt. There was nowhere she could run. Unless….
"Fly Amu-chan!"
Amu smiled at the fond memory of Ran trying to convince Amu to jump down from a wall when they were children. Smirking at the man Amu took a step back before running down the stairs and leaping towards him. His eyes widened in shock as Amu vaulted over him using his shoulders to push herself into the air and over his head.
The man fell to the floor in shock as other Easter employees started dashing down the stairs, chasing Amu down the rest of the stairs.
It was only then that things seemed to quiet down a little after Amu lost the group from the stairway. She had managed to sneak into a closet without being seen. A terribly lit closet with barely enough space to breath but it kept the riot away from her and that was all that mattered.
Once the random pounding of footsteps seemed to die down Amu opened the door and poked her head out. The coast was clear. Taking a deep breath she dashed out of the storage cupboard and through the doors to the main lobby. As she forced open the main door and breathed in a gulp of fresh air, she realized. She had beaten Ikuto. She was free for the rest of the day!
Spinning around Amu giggled before her legs gave in and she fell to her knees….okay…victorious she may be…but her tiredness seemed to over-ride that…stupid Ikuto…
-X-
Tsukiyomi Ikuto smirked from the 20th floor of Easter Corp's building. He stared out of the window and watched as Amu spun around in circles before falling. He chuckled under his breath.
"Rest while you can Amu-chan. I get bored quickly."
He lifted his hand and smirked at the red inked address written on it.
-X-
Amu sighed as she sank back in her steaming hot bath. Her muscles groaned and protested as she made herself comfortable. "Much better..." she whispered to herself as the bubbles collected together on the water's surface. A hot bubble bath, soothing music and sweet smelling candles were the perfect cure to her stressful morning.
She lay back in the tub and allowed her eyes to slowly drift shut….she really shouldn't fall asleep in the bathtub…but...she was so tired…and…
"Amu-chan, I'm going out!" Ran's voice called through the apartment.
Amu woke up with a startled gasp and sat up straight "O-okay!
She ran her hand through her damp hair and wondered how long she had been asleep. The small candles had burnt themselves out already and the bubbles had all melted away. Amu lifted her hands in front of her face and giggled at her pruned fingers. Apparently she had been asleep for longer than she thought!
With another giggle Amu climbed out of the bathtub and grabbed her bathrobe from the back of the door. Wrapping it around herself and tying it tightly, Amu exited the bathroom and entered her bedroom. Walking over to her wardrobe, Amu opened the door and screamed as she caught sight of a tall man standing behind her wearing a dark hoodie with the hood shadowing his head,
He dashed forward and covered her mouth with his hand. Holding her firmly against him he reached up awkwardly and pushed the hood back. Amu felt like screaming some more as she locked eyes with the reflection of Tsukiyomi Ikuto.
She broke free of his grasp and skittered away to the other side of the room, her arms covering her chest in a desperate attempt to conceal herself. "W-what are you doing here?! No w-wait! How did you get IN here?! Or even here at all?! Last time I ch-checked, you didn't KNOW where I lived!!!"
Ikuto smirked and poked at her arms "What are you doing? There's there nothing to hide."
Amu blushed furiously and jumped back a step before removing one of her arms from her chest and grabbing a hairbrush from the cupboard near her. She held it level with his head threateningly "Answer my question you pervert!"
Ikuto's smirk grew and he turned and made his way to Amu's bed. "Okay, 1. I got your address from your employee information in the company database, 2. Your pretty pink haired friend, Ran-chan let me in. In fact she seemed rather intrigued as to why I was at your apartment. Which leads us to answer 3, I was bored and since Amu-chan is my new toy I came over to play!"
Amu scowled as he lay down on her bed and closed his eyes, his smirk still present. As she glared at his form realization decided to give her an early birthday present. Pulling her arm back she lobbed the hairbrush at Ikuto and smirked victoriously as it hit him square in the gut. He yelled and sat up, his eyes wide as they glared at Amu "What the hell?! Why did you-?!"
Amu's smirk grew "I've already clocked off for the day. You broke into my apartment. I can claim self defense." She grabbed a compact mirror next and proceeded to lob it at him before grabbing the next nearest item she could, not even caring if whatever it was broke.
Ikuto ducked and dodged attempting to avoid Amu's assault but grew tired of the situation once he was hit upside the head with a…..no way….Ikuto dropped to his knees just in time to have Amu's Discman sail over his head. He frowned and grabbed what appeared to be a book from the floor. Amu blanched as she saw what Ikuto held. She dived forward, dropping her next projectile.
"D-Don't touch that!" she yelped reaching for it only to have Ikuto hold it out of his reach and read the blurb. He looked down at Amu with a smirk as she blushed from embarrassment.
"Amu-chan likes smutty romance novels…how unexpected."
Amu's blush grew "I-it's not mine! It's R-Ran's!" she stuttered desperately as she jumped up to grab the books from Ikuto's hands. The singer sauntered away and around Amu's room as he began flicking through the book. "S-stop, just give m-me it!"
Ikuto ignored her and proceeded to read an extract out loud "She gasped as his fingers played along the lining of her bra "P-please…" she whispered breathily, desire rushing through her." He read dramatically. He dodged Amu as she charged at him and continued reading "Their tongues intertwined and Ai whimpered as he grasped her bre-"
"Shut up Ikuto!" Amu cried her face a furious, embarrassed red. Ikuto went silent as he stared at Amu in shock, his midnight blue eyes wide and hid mouth agape. Amu blinked at him in confusion "W-what?!"
His mouth closed and twitched into a small smile "You…called me Ikuto." He whispered. Amu squeaked.
"No! I didn't! You were hearing things!" she exclaimed grabbing the book from Ikuto's hands successfully before diving on her bed and hiding her head under the pillows.
Ikuto laughed lightly "Yes you did." He pulled the pillow from on top of her head and slowly dropped to his knees, leaning on the bed. Amu turned her head to glare at him as he smiled softly "I liked it."
Amu found herself staring at his gentle smile and locking eyes with him. Time slowed down and everything became quiet as they just stared into each other's eyes. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Amu jumped up breaking their eye contact and rushed out of the room leaving Ikuto staring after her. Amu placed her hand over her heart as she strode to the front door. What was that just then?!
The person waiting outside knocked again, impatiently. Amu jogged over to the door and pulled it open. Her honey gold eyes widened at the sight of Tadase standing outside with a bouquet of flowers. "T-Tadase-kun?"
Tadase also seemed surprised "A-Amu-san…"
Amu didn't notice his surprise as she quickly shut the door on his face and ran over to Ikuto as he was coming out of her room. She pushed him back inside desperately. "Stay in here and don't come out until I tell you to!" she ordered.
Ikuto frowned "Why? Who's at the door?"
"My boyfriend. Now stay in here, don't make a sound and don't route through my stuff!" Amu growled slamming the door behind her and running back to the front door. She opened it and grinned sheepishly at Tadase "Sorry about that, the place was a little messy. Would you like to come in?"
Tadase nodded hesitantly "O-okay…" Amu held the door open for him and he walked in. He turned back to face her as she shut the door "I….I thought you had work today Amu-san…."
Amu smiled "Kinomoto-san sent me home. She said I looked tired." She eyed the flowers "Are they for me?" she asked curiously.
"No!" Tadase exclaimed before paling at the sight of Amu's hurt and confused face "Th-they're for Ran-san…Ki-Kiseki asked me to drop them off…because he was busy…"
Amu smiled "Oh, okay." She reached over and took them from him "I'll go put them in water, stop them dying."
"O-okay…" Tadase followed Amu into the kitchen and watched as she filled a vase with water and placed the flowers inside. "Did you just get out of the bath?" he asked.
Amu turned and frowned "Huh…?" She looked down and realized she was still wearing her bathrobe. She blushed in embarrassment "Oh….oh yeah…um…you knocked before I had a chance to get changed." She grabbed the kettle and filled it with water "I'll just make you a coffee then go get dressed."
"Okay."
-X-
Ikuto scowled as he fell back onto the bed and linked his arms behind his head. She never mentioned a boyfriend before. He glared at the ceiling. For some reason it seemed like a very important fact…a fact which greatly irritated him. Sitting up Ikuto sighed. He was bored again.
He looked around the room. She told him not to rummage through her stuff…but everything was looking at him so temptingly…he smirked as he jumped to his feet and sauntered over to her drawers on the other side of the room. He opened the bottom one and his smirk grew. "Jackpot." He whispered.
He pulled a pair of pastel pink panties from the drawer and sighed "Disappointing." He murmured, his smirk drooping as he noticed that the rest of the underwear looked pretty much the same, all pastel colors with occasional frills, bows or lace along the edges.
He caught sight of a scrap of paper peeking out from the back. He grabbed it and discovered it was a napkin….with something drawn on it. As he realized what the drawing was of his smirk returned. Inspiration hit him as he looked at the drawing. His smirk grew as he stood up and pulled off his shirt. (OMG!!!! *faints*)
Time to have some fun.
-X-
"So how are things going at your new job Amu-san?"
Amu smiled wryly as she dropped a teaspoon of sugar into Tadase's mug "It's a mix. The guy I help is a perverted asshole who enjoys torturing me. But everyone else is pretty nice."
Tadase smiled "Sounds like you're enjoying yourself."
Amu held back a scoff. Yeah, if you enjoyed being chased by random mobs while you tried to get home. "Yeah, it's great!" She poured the water into Tadase's coffee "Milky?" she asked as she grabbed the milk.
"Yes please."
She smiled and poured enough milk into the drink to make it turn a beige color. She left hers black. She needed the caffeine. "Here you go." She said handing Tadase his mug before grabbing her own. "Shall we sit in the lounge?"
"Sure." Tadase nodded, smiling gently. He turned and led the way through the door and down the hallway to the corridor. But they were stopped when they neared the couch by a annoyingly familiar voice.
"Amu-chaaaaan…." Amu's eyes widened as a pair of arms slipped around her waist and a chin rested on her shoulder "Come back to bed…." Ikuto mumbled huskily. Just loud enough for the surprised and confused Tadase to hear.
Amu was frozen in shock. She was wearing a bathrobe, Ikuto was topless and he was telling her to come back to bed….what must Tadase be thinking?!
"Wh-who are you?" the blond demanded his face twitching in uncertainty. A smug smile slid onto Ikuto's face.
"I'm Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Amu-chan is my PA." he answered. "Now if you don't mind…" he started to pull Amu back to the bedroom.
Tadase narrowed his eyes and Amu regained enough sense to speak and dig her heals into the carpet "Ta-Tadase-kun! Don't listen to him! Hes lying! We never did anything!"
Ikuto pouted "Amu-chan….don't tell me you've forgotten everything already!" he nibbled her ear "Do I have to remind you?"
Amu squeaked and blushed furiously "G-get off me you per-perverted alley cat!" she screamed struggling in his arms.
Tadase was glaring at Ikuto still "Tsukiyomi….Ikuto…? You mean the playboy singer of the band Stray?"
Amu and even Ikuto frowned "Playboy…?"
Tadase suddenly snapped and grabbed Amu's arm pulling her towards him "Stay away from Amu-san! You may get your own way with other women but Amu-san will not be one of them!" he exclaimed.
Amu relaxed and swooned in Tadase's arms "Tadase-kun…"
"I won't let you beat me!"
Amu's cloud nine popped and spluttered as she caught sight of the challenging look in Tadase's eyes…he wouldn't let Ikuto beat him…but…did that mean he was just seeing this as a competition?!
Ikuto's smirk grew "Sounds like a challenge, Kiddy King."
Amu squeaked as she looked back and forth between the men. Wait…if the challenge was that the other wouldn't have her…did that mean…she was just a prize?!