Amu: where's Random-Bubbles?
Ikuto: I dunno....how bout I write the chapter...
Amu: NO WAY!!!! YOU'D MAKE EVERYTHING PERVERTED!!!
Ikuto: yeah and your point?
Amu: give. me. that. paper.
Ikuto: never.
Amu: GIVE IT TO ME!!!
Ikuto: MAKE ME!!!
Amu: HAND OVER THE GOD DAMN PAPER!!!!!!
Ikuto: OVER MY DEAD BODY!!!!
Amu: LEMME HELP YOU WITH THAT!!!!!!!!
Ikuto: Amu.......what are you doing with that flamethrower?
Amu: what do you think?
Ikuto:............. HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Random-Bubbles: ..........while they fight over that fake document, enjoy my second to last chapter~~~~
Amu and Rima: 20
Nagihiko: 21
Ikuto: 23
Ami: 17
Seeing You, Loving You
Flashback to chapter 5:
I walked through the door, straining not to look back. This is my decision. I can't cry. But cry I did. The tears flew down my cheeks as I ran through the hospital.
I'm sorry Ikuto; I wasn't strong enough to stay.
End Flashback
5 Years Later
Normal POV
On a busy, bustling Tokyo street, two people walked in opposite directions. The first, a young woman, walked briskly, her shiny black heels clicking against the street. She wore a knee length red dress that fanned out slightly at the bottom. It had a V-Neck and just-past-shoulder sleeves.
Coming towards her unknowingly, a man walked. His strides were long but un-purposeful. He looked casual, if anything, with one hand in his jean pocket, while the other held a black jacket over his shoulder. The shirt he wore was plain, plain and black.
On one end of the block, the man ran his fingers, which until recently had been residing in his pocket, through his shaggy azure hair and sighed. On the other end, the young woman twisted a lock of mid-back length, bubblegum pink hair through her slender fingers.
As coincidental as it may sound, both were thinking about each other.
Amu's POV
I miss him. I know that it's my fault I'll never see him again, but I still miss him. I've missed him for five long years and it isn't going to stop now, especially on the anniversary of when I left.
Yeah, I know. It'd been five years to the day, and I haven't seen Ikuto since. My hopes were all but dashed. Out of all the people in Tokyo, it was up to fate if we met again. I wasn't betting on it.
I'd had a rough morning, the principal at Seiyo Elementary -aka my boss- had been in one of his moods again that morning. Every other week or so, he would come in completely wasted. We all knew what it was from. He always had a new girlfriend, and all of them left him before two weeks had past. Don't get me wrong, my boss was a really nice man, he just had horrible taste in woman.
Anyways, that morning it was worse off than usual; Rima and I figured that the break up from the night before must have been pretty rough. When he went to Rima's desk -she's his secretary- and demanded that she hand in the files he had assigned her the day before, Rima told him politely that he had not assigned her any papers, and he had flown into a fit of rage.
I was safe in my classroom, but his shouting could be heard all the way down in the Kindergarten wing where I was. If I had known then who was getting the boot I would not have laughed silently and told my class not to anger Mr. Koshihino that day.
As it turned out, Rima had been fired. When she told me I felt terrible, and promised her that I would quit so that we could find another place to work together. She declined, telling me that I had a duty to my students so I had to stay. The gleam in her eyes said that she knew how much I loved them.
Even in his mood, he let me off when I asked him for sick leave. He said that I could leave at lunch because he would have a sub by then. I thanked him kindly, and waited for lunch.
When lunch came around I went to Cherry Pop, the little cafe Rima and I designated as our official meeting spot. However, when I got there, Rima wasn't there, which was strange since she always got there first, even when we walked together.
I was so worried about her that I spilled my coffee all over my school attire and had to change into the only thing I had in my bag: a party dress. Deciding that Rima was probably with her boyfriend, Nagihiko, and had either forgotten about me or ditched me, I exited the cafe and made my way to the center of Tokyo where all the best shops were.
And that is how I found myself here, standing in the middle of the sidewalk, staring into the dark sapphire eyes of the one person I had never hoped to see again.
Ikuto's POV
It was a shock to see her there in all her glory. The wind was whipping her long pink hair around her back and playing tug of war with the red party dress she wore. I felt my jaw drop as I closed my eyes to make sure that I wasn't hallucinating again.
When I reopened them she was gone and I sighed. It had just been a hallucination, again. Suddenly I saw a flash of pink. I spun around and looked back up the way I had just come, and there was the running form of Amu.
I stood there, a frozen statue, until finally my brain caught up with my eyes.
'Aren't you going to chase after her?'
What if she doesn't want to see me?
'....you're gunna let that stop you why.'
........
'You have a right to ask her questions.'
But, I'm afraid.
'Bah, that's just an excuse.'
No, I'm really afraid; I still care about her just as much as I did back then.
'Come on, just say the word.'
The word?
'The "L" word.'
I don't know what you're talking about.
'Say it, come on, just say it!'
.........I. Love. Her.
'Who?'
I. LOVE. AMU!!!
'That's a good boy, now hurry up and chase her before she gets out of your sight range.'
My eyes re-focused on everything around me and I realized that my conscience was right. Amu was already two blocks up. I gritted my teeth and ran.
Amu's POV
The tears were streaming down my face, again. It was so much like déjà vu. I was running away from Ikuto for the second time, and I didn't even know why. No that's not true, I knew why, I was just too chicken to admit it.
Lifting up a hand to brush away the tears, I plastered a look of determination onto my face. Letting my arms flail wildly I barrelled through the crowd. Little did I know that as I did so, my wallet broke out of my bag and landed with a thump on the ground.
I sped around a corner into the secret alley that led to my apartment. Hoping against all hopes that Ikuto wouldn't see me I jumped onto the second fire escape on the right and began climbing.
After climbing for what seemed like an hour I looked down to the alley below me and saw no one. Sighing in relief I climbed up the last ladder and jumped down into my thirtieth story balcony. Hell yeah I climbed that high, in heels.
Leaning against the railing I looked out across the roofs around me. My building was, surprisingly, the tallest in the area so I had a clear view across to the taller buildings. I could see for miles. Sighing, I tapped the railing lightly, tapping out a tune Ikuto had played on his violin once, before Ami broke it.
I tapped the tune subconsciously, but it still brought back memories. Before I knew it there were tears on my cheeks again. Before I could wipe them away another hand has swiped them off my cheeks.
Fearing the worst I spun around, swatting away the hand.
"Girl, chill, it's just me. Is something wrong?" I let out my breath. "Sorry Rima...I though you were someone else..." "Want to tell me who?"
I flinched and she noticed. "Oh, this is personal, is it a certain blue haired man?"
I looked at her in awe. "How'd you know?" she chuckled. "I know you Amu, I can tell when something's wrong and what it is."
Remembering this morning I crossed my arms. "I thought we were gunna meet at Cherry Pop!" she put a hand up to the back of her head and half smiled at me.
"Sorry about that, Nagihiko called and asked me out." I knew it. "Oh, if it was Nagihiko that's fine then...how come you aren't with him now?" "I sense something was wrong with you."
I frowned at her. "I am not letting you stay here if you left Nagihiko; you call him right now and get your butt back out there." I pushed her through our apartment and into the elevator. Quickly pushing the lobby button and then jumping out I grinned at her and waved.
"You be careful Amu, and stop crying!" I grinned harder as the elevator clicked shut. "I'll try." I murmured as I heard it start the long decent down to the bottom.
I walked briskly back inside, forgetting to lock or even close the door, I returned to the balcony and looked wistfully out at the dusk. I sighed numerous times until I heard someone groan behind me.
I was too frightened to move. It couldn't be Rima; she knew when I was serious. But how had the person gotten in... I mentally smacked my forehead. UGHH I am so stupid!!!! I forgot to close the door.
I was fearful to glance over my shoulder. What if it's a rapist or a murderer? Looking down at my feet I saw a small rake from who knows where. Excited and filled with a slight burst of courage I grabbed the rake, spun around and hit the being behind me, all in one fluid motion.
"WHAT THE HELL!" an all too familiar voice screamed. I dropped the rake and covered my mouth with my hands. Oh crap. The man standing in front of me looked up glaring. "What. The. Hell."
For a moment I was speechless, but before I could feel sorry I felt immense anger. "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU IN MY HOUSE YOU PERVERTED STALKER!?!?!?! SEEING YOU WAS ENOUGH BUT NOW I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU?!?!?!"
He mumbled something that sounded like "I wouldn't really call it talking." and I glared. He looked up a bit and met my eyes. They were filled with sadness, despair, betrayal and heart break. I felt my heart beat faster. Did I do that to him? Did I make his sparkle disappear?
A moment of silence passed and I was afraid it would stay that way so I muttered, "Why are you here?" his eyes widened, like the aspect that I might actually speak had never occurred to him, but it was soon replaced with the same sadness from a second ago.
"I need answers." I sighed. He deserved the answer, but there was a small problem. I couldn't tell him then, and I won't be able to tell him now. Knowing him and his persistentness, I turned to gaze at the now dark night sky.
"As always." a sound of relief escaped his mouth and I heard him relax.
"How come you left like you did?" "I had to." "Why?" "A reason even I'm too afraid to admit." he growled under his breath. "Amu, for once give me a god damn straight answer!"
A tear trickled down my cheek. "I wish I could." "And you can!" "No, Ikuto, I CAN'T!" I lifted a hand to my cheek once again but I just kept it there, unmoving as the tears pooled down my cheeks. "I wanted to....trust me; I want to more than anything-"
His strong hands gripped my shoulders, I had no choice but to face him, and look up into his sorrowful eyes. "Amu, please. i've been hurting so long, I need you to tell me. Amu, it's not fair to me," his hands left my shoulders and he pulled away, hunched over the other way. "living with these feelings for five years and not being able to get rid of them."
I was confused. What feelings? "I don't understand..." his eyes were locked with mine again. There was a determined gaze in them. "Amu, you don't know how long I've been keeping it in, it's like a monster eating me away from the inside. I was always so...afraid."
Him afraid? That was a new one.
I opened my mouth to ask another question but suddenly his face was right in front of mine. I gulped and closed my mouth. "Now do you understand?" I shook my head no, I didn't understand.
He sighed in aggravation and turned away again. I put a hand on his shoulder. "Ikuto, I'm sorry, I just don't under-"
Suddenly I found his lips on mine. It was new and totally unexpected, yet, I didn't mind. Closing my eyes I wrapped my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. He responded by locking his arms around my waist. I sighed into the kiss and drifted off into my own little world.
He pulled away from me abruptly and I looked up at him in confusion? "Why'd you stop?" he didn't answer, but instead asked, "Now do you understand?"
I smiled, understanding at last, and kept my arms around his neck. "I love you too~" his face lit up.
Closing my eyes, I leaned up as he leaned down, and our lips were joined in passion, yet again.
Ikuto: that was a horrible kiss, it was so, short!!!
Random-Bubbles: I KNOW I KNOW IM A HORRIBLE LAZY AUTHOR, SHEESH!!!
Amu: you're in a mood again aren't you?
Random-Bubbles: all of my computers have viruses except this one, and im not even allowed on this one!!!
Ikuto: then why are you on it?
Random-Bubbles: cause there's no one home for the next half hour!!!!! and I needed to write, I promised an update once a week, and im trying my hardest to keep my promises!!!
Amu: and your doing a great job, but why are you going against the rules to do it?
Random-Bubbles: well...one, this is the only computer working right now, two, its the only one I can get into my room, three, I HAVE THE FRICKING FLU....
Ikuto: ahhhhhh, but why do you have the flu?
Random-Bubbles:........cause I stayed out in the rain too long.......
Ikuto: and who's fault is that?
Random-Bubbles: mine...... YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T PISS ME OFF CAUSE MAYBE NEXT CHAPTER ILL KILL YOU OFF AND LEAVE AMU....nevermind
Ikuto: O.O YOU WOULDN'T!!!
Random-Bubbles: try me
Amu: well, wasn't this a happy conversation~
Random-Bubbles: yes it was~ now, you two are gonna sing happy birthday
Amu and Ikuto: why?
Random-Bubbles: CAUSE I SAY SO!!! okay, on three.....one......two.....GO
Amu: happy birthday to you
Ikuto: cha cha cha
Amu: happy birthday to you
Ikuto: cha cha cha
Amu and Ikuto: happy birthday dear-
Random-Bubbles: SEAN AND UNFORTUNATELY MATTHEW
Amu and Ikuto: happy birthday to you
Yoru: cha cha cha~
Ikuto: so...what was the point of that?
Random-Bubbles: it's my brothers birthdays this weekend, two days apart~
Amu: so they're twins born two days apart? thats quite a long time...
Random-Bubbles: no actually... Matt is turning ten and Sean is turning.....uh...FIVE
Ikuto: you forgot your own brothers birth day-_-
Random-Bubbles:.....yeah, so? DISCLAIMER!
Yoru: R&R-nya~
Random-Bubbles: I will not glomp...I will not glomp...I will not- OH SCREW THAT -glomps Yoru-