Ch. 4 – Beginning of everything
Amu stared at herself dumbfounded as she gazed into the large mirror in front of her. There she stood, dressed in white, a bouquet of flowers placed gently in her clasped hands, a silk veil covering her flushed face. Behind her stood her two best friends, Rima and Yaya. Both of them positively beaming at her as she still looked into the mirror.
"You look lovely Amu," Rima was the first to speak as she walked towards the pink-head, placing her right hand gently on her shoulder, "I'm sure Ikuto will think the same."
Amu immedietly frowned, "Please don't mention him in such a critical moment of my life."
Behind her, Yaya began to giggle, "But Amu-chii! Ikuto is the one you're going to marry! By the end of the day, you'll be Mrs. Tsukiyomi."
"Mrs. Tsukiyomi huh?" Amu whispered softly with a tone of bitterness, "what's the point of being a 'Mrs.' if I'm not doing it out of love? I'm only marrying him because of the deal, there's no feelings or love involved."
"But you might come to love him later on Amu," Rima said to her friend, a small smile gracing her lips as she tried hard not to laugh, "Ikuto's a great guy, I'm sure you'll come to see the good in him."
"Rima, this isn't some kind of comedy love story you know? This is the real thing, the clear reality in which we might not even get along and we'll go straight to hell for marrying someone who we never should have crossed paths with."
"Oh Amu! Stop being such a morbid bride!" Rima grimaced as she placed her hands on her hips delicately, "Look, this is your day. Don't think about the future and what might happen. Just think about the here and now and how you're going to have a great time at your wedding."
"Sure..." Amu snorted, causing Rima's grimace to become deeper, "and then I'll focus on maintaining my virginity while on the honey moon."
The words honey moon seemed to dissolve Rima's grimace before Amu had even finished closing her mouth, "Speaking of which, where is your honey moon going to be?"
"Huh?" Amu responded dumbly, a look of confusion etching itself onto her face.
"The honey moon dear. Where's it going to be?" Rima asked, her face suddenly becoming eager with excitement, " London? Paris? New York? Hawaii? Ikuto's own private island that no one probably knows about?"
"Uh, I don't know actually," Amu responded, her golden eyes staring at an incredulous Rima and an almost faint Yaya.
"What do you mean you don't know where your own honey moon is going to be Amu-chii? Are you an airhead or something?"
'Hark who's talking' Amu thought as she frowned, the look of her two best friends starting to make her feel slightly uncomfortable. So what if she didn't know where her own honeymoon was going to be? Its not like she had planned it or something. Far from it actually, she had dreaded the thought of having to go anywhere alone with a pervert like Ikuto. He would probably pounce on her and do lots of naughty and unforgivable things to her once he had her all to himself. She could already imagine it, Ikuto tying her to a bed while she was sound asleep, later on proceeding to waking her up and taking away the purity which she had so strongly protected. But she already had a plan, she'd scream 'rape, rape!' at the top of her lungs, hoping within the deepest depths of her heart that someone would come and get Ikuto off of her. But knowing him and his perverted nature, he'd probably just tell her to stop faking that she didn't like it. The nerve of him...
"Amu! Amu! Are you even listening to anything I'm saying to you?" the honey haired girl exclaimed, a note of exasperation clear in her soft voice, "seriously, stop daydreaming already. Naughty things I suppose..."
The last comment came accompanied by a devilish smirk to which Amu answered with a "Hey!" and a crimsom face.
'Seriously...' Amu thought as she bit her lip. She was nervous, even more nervous than she had been on her whole entire life.
"Amu-chii," Yaya said, her hands twisting in a somewhat nervous manner, "are you sure? I mean...about marrying Ikuto? After all, you said that you were only marrying him because of the clothing line..."
Amu turned to look at her friend with a bit of a confused expression, "Well...I haven't got much of a choice to start with have I? Everywhere that I go looking for a job is full of Ikuto lovers. They're so stupid that just because of a dumb rumor they get swayed and immedietly take out their anger on me. So all doors that led to good jobs have been closed for me. I'm running out of money and Ikuto made me a good deal. Besides, its not like we both really want to get married to one another. We're both doing this because we have something to gain from it. He'll gain liberty from the fangirls and I'll gain a clothing line and people working for me. So I guess this is the right choice..."
"And if you fall for him?" Yaya asked, her uneasiness already gone and replaced by a girlish excitement.
"That'll never happen, " Amu said right out before Rima interrupted her with one of her favorite phrases 'never say never'.
How redundant was that phrase to begin with?
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"Ikuto-niisan, are you sure about marrying this Amu girl you talk about?" a concerned blonde asked the azure haired man in front of the mirror. "I know you want your liberty from all the suffocating fangirls but isn't this taking it a bit too far? Marriage is a big thing. You'll have a ball and chain attached to your foot now."
"Tadase," Ikuto said as he fixed his midnight blue tie, "its not like we'll be married forever. Its just for a while so that I can take a breath."
"Are you sure that's it Ikuto- niisan? Are there no feelings involved?" Tadase asked, finally accepting the decision that Ikuto had taken.
"Other than the fact that she's fun to tease, I'd say I'm pretty much indifferent when it comes to her."
"I see, well...good luck with your marriage Ikuto-niisan."
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Before she even knew it, she was already standing beside Ikuto at the altar, the priest reciting an infinity of words to which she wasn't paying the slightest attention, coming closer and closer to the most important point by the second.
She felt self-conscious as she stood beside Ikuto. Now that she looked closer at him as he stood next to her in a black suit and serious expression on his face, she noticed that he really was handsome. Tall, thin but well built, blue hair, midnight blue eyes, thin lips, perfect nose...
He could have chosen anyone for this marriage fiasco but she was the one standing beside him. She wasn't exactly beautiful, she wasn't a top model, she wasn't a musician. She was only a jobless clothes designer and yet, she was the one marrying him. At that time, millions of thoughts crossed her mind. Was this really ok? Would she regret it later? Feelings...would any of them ever be involed?
"Hinamori Amu, do you take Tsukiyomi Ikuto to be your lawfully wedded husband?" the priest said all too soon...
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Silence rang throught the whole church, everyone waiting for her answer. No one moved, no one spoke, they just stared. They stared at her and Ikuto, their gazes burning hotly on their backs.
"Amu...you have to say I do..." Ikuto suddenly whispered beside her, his midnight blue eyes urging her to do so.
She turned to look at the crowd, the cameras, her friends and then at the priest. She had to do this, she couldn't back out now. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath...
Everything is going to be ok...
"I do."
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"You scared me there for a minute back at the church," a deep voice whispered softly as the person's right cheek was tickled by strands of pink hair.
"I was hesitating..." a feminine voice murmured back, "Marriage isn't to be taken lightly Ikuto...I'm still wondering if I did the right thing."
"You think to much Amu," the deep voice replied back, the young man was smirking in the process, his hands wrapped gently around a slim waist.
"C-could you please not touch me like that though..." the female's voice said, the slightest tone of embarrassment evident in every syllable that was uttered.
"Why? You're my wife now...even if its only under a certain contract."
"Tch, you're still a pervert though."
And he slyly smirked before tightening his arms around her waist.
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A/N: Short chapter, I know. xD;; I fail....But I do promise a much longer chapter next time! D':
So anyway, this chapter is dedicated to my lovely Kouhai Sara as an overly belated birthday gift. XD;; I'm sorry, this senpai is horrid fail. I wish you an overly belated birthday and you know that I love you. Umm, and please keep cheering me up when I'm depressed. :D
I've been flying on the moon for too long (and before someone retorts: No Juli, I did not go to the moon without you. Because we're in this together!). XD;;
But leaving that aside, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter......uh...yeah....I've got nothing more to say. :D;; Um, and please forgive the lateness of this chap. :P
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