Morg: Heyo! You know I've always wanted to try skinny dipping and I seriously would never wear clothes if I didn't have to. Also I love peanut butter and me telling you this will make sense later.

Ikuto: That is more information about you than I have ever wanted to know.

Amu: Don't be an asshole. I bet you have some weird things you want to do too.

Ikuto: Yep! You.

Amu: What's that supposed to mean!

Ikuto: I want to do you?

Morg: This may take a while so on with the chapter! I don't own anything!

~Alone With the Likes of You~

Ikuto flinched under the hard gaze of his housemate. How was he supposed to know that his actions would cause the type of reaction out of her? She hadn't spoken to him since the incident and she'd barely been in the same room. He didn't know how to make it up to her or what to say. "Come on I said I was sorry!"

Amu wanted to walk out of the room. She was sick of his apologizing and needed to be alone so she could scheme. She was going to pay him back ten fold for this. "I don't want to hear it. Just give me some time alone to cool off."

Ikuto couldn't believe it. The cool and flirty girl that he'd come to see as his best friend over the last two and a half weeks was like a totally different person when it came to this. "How was I supposed to know anyways? You never even told me!"

Amu got to her feet and moved to storm out of the room. "That isn't the point! I'm going for a walk and if you follow me I swear to God there will be hell to pay!"

Ikuto sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he watched the pinkette disappear through the back door. He moved outside a few minutes later to see her making her way towards Rima's house. At least he had the comforting knowledge that she had to come back unless she wanted to lose the deal.

Amu couldn't believe him. It wasn't what he did, but how he did it. She wasn't about to let him get away with it either, but she needed back up. Rima was the perfect person to help her develop her plan. She knocked on the shorter girl's door and only waited about thirty seconds before Rima let her in.

"What's up Amu? Why aren't you and that blue headed freak getting it on right now?"

Amu sighed and pushed past Rima to sit down in her house. "We aren't having sex you know."

Rima followed her and sat down on the couch across from where Amu sat in a chair. "Yeah I know, but still you shouldn't let this chance slip you two by. You're perfect for each other but you may never see each other after this summer."

Amu stared at the girl in amazement. "What do you mean we're perfect for each other? Do you know what that moron did to me yesterday?"

Rima closed her eyes slowly before she opened them. For some reason she felt as though she was dealing with a pouting child. "How could I possibly know?"

Amu fumed for a few moments before working up the courage to explain. "I was peacefully eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich yesterday afternoon when Ikuto walked into the kitchen with a hard on. I tried to ignore him and continue my snack but he pulled me into his chest and demanded that I take care of him. When I explained that I wasn't hungry for what he had he took the jar of peanut butter and started to well you know… um… molest it? Anyways I freaked out and left the kitchen in an angry rush because if there is one thing everyone should know about me it is that I love peanut butter above all other foods. I'd eat it and it alone for the rest of my life if I was allowed and he ruined the entire jar! It was the only jar we have too!"

Rima couldn't help it. She busted out into a fit of laughter and didn't stop until she was rolling on the couch out of breath. "You're angry over a jar of peanut butter and you left him with a boner covered with the stuff? What the hell! Why didn't you just lick it off of him?"

Amu crossed her arms and turned her face away. She didn't think it was funny at all. "Because we are supposed to be friends. I didn't like the way he demanded that I just take care of little problem. I'm not his sex slave."

Rima controlled herself and sat back in her seat. "So what does this have to do with me? Why are you telling me this?"

Amu smirked this time as she stared at the blonde. "You are going to help me teach him a lesson. I need you to take me shopping. We're going to Victoria's Secret for some ammunition and I also need all the rope you have since I couldn't find any at Ikuto's place."

Rima stared at the pinkette as she tried to work it out. "What's the rope for?"

Amu smiled sweetly and put on an innocent face. "Well I can't just let him escape while I'm teaching him a lesson now can I? Oh and I need one other thing."

Rima smirked a smirk that was worse than even Ikuto's. "You're going to tie him down aren't you? Don't worry I have exactly what you want."

Amu kept that innocent look on her face. "I'm going to do more than that and thanks. We need to go so I can get back before I make him actually worry about me. I've been awfully cold since the incident and I need to set my plan into motion tonight."

Rima nodded and headed for her keys. "I'll drive then since you can't."

Amu followed her and noticed for the first time that they were alone in the house. "Rima where are all of your maids?"

Rima hit the button to open the garage door and started her little Volkswagen beetle. It was yellow and had flowers on the rims. The license plate read 'CMDY RX'. "I dismissed them as soon as I arrived. I know how to take care of myself you know. I don't need others around to do stuff for me all the time. Besides if I had people here that could report my comings and goings to my parents I'd be in real trouble."

Amu made an agreeing noise as she wished for Rima's life. "You've got it lucky Rima."

"Not really."

"Eh? What do you mean by that? You get to drive and you can dismiss your staff and do what you want. Plus you get to leave your house. Compared to me you live in heaven."

"Have you ever thought that your mother doesn't let you out because she's terrified that what happened to your sister and father will happen to you?"

Amu sat in silence. She'd thought of that and she knew it was a fact since her mother had told her so herself. She knew the reason for her confinement and that was why she worked so hard to please her mother. "I know but it still isn't fair."

Rima smiled as they pulled up to the mall. "I know it isn't fair at all."

XXX

Ikuto returned from the store to find Amu still gone. He knew that she'd actually gone into Rima's house because he'd watched her do it. She probably just needed another girl to talk to, but she was going to come back right? He hoped so because he'd just bought her six new jars of peanut butter. Three of them were smooth and three were chunky. He left them on the counter so she'd see them and went to sit on the patio. He didn't have to wait long for the sound of a car to reach his ears.

He looked through the window to see Amu walking through the house with several pink bags in her hands. He shrugged his shoulders and stared back out at the ocean. She must have went shopping to burn off some steam. He hoped that she'd forgive him now.

Amu walked through the kitchen to see the peanut butter and smiled. She put it away but made sure to steal at least one jar of each to hide in her room with a spoon. She had to protect some of her beloved treat. She went through the living room next and caught sight of Ikuto out on the patio but promptly ignored him and continued up the stairs to her room. She placed the pink bags on her bed and stashed her supply of peanut butter before slipping into her bikini and placing her new swimsuit cover over top of it. She'd gotten plenty of teasing clothes from Victoria's Secret and was quite pleased for what she had in store for her housemate. The boy was going to beg her later on.

Her knew skirt was very short and frilly and black. She slipped it over her bottoms and headed back downstairs. Time to throw the switch. "You coming swimming?"

Ikuto stared at her in awe as she stood before him in her red bikini and black skirt. He was glad she was talking to him again. "Yeah I'll come."

Amu smiled and waited while he changed before they headed down to the water. She waited until he walked in and turned around to yell at her to hurry up before she bent over at the waist and slowly pulled the skirt down her body. Whatever Ikuto had been about to yell at her got lost in translation. He could only stare as she made her way into the water. She splashed him to snap him out of it. "Earth to Tsukiyomi Ikuto. Come in Ikuto."

Ikuto growled and stalked towards the grinning pinkette. "Not funny Amu." He picked her up and she squealed as he tossed her out further into the ocean. Man it felt good to be able to touch her again. "What made you change your mind?"

Amu laughed and splashed him again before answering. "I may have overreacted a little and I saw that you went and bought more for me so I decided to forgive you this time, but now you know not to mess with my peanut butter."

Ikuto laughed and dived into the water only to pop out behind her and enclose her in his arms. "Why do you like peanut butter so much anyways?"

Amu didn't have time to answer before he once again tossed her into the waves. She surfaced and moved away so she could explain. "It simply is man's greatest invention. I'd eat it for every meal if I could so you better be nice to peanut butter-chan from now on."

Ikuto laughed but crossed his heart with his fingers. "I promise not to do that to peanut butter-chan again."

Amu smiled and let him get close again, but right before he grabbed her she dropped into the water and swam away. She surfaced in time to see him spinning around to look for her. She stood up to say something to him when his eyes narrowed. Amu turned around to find Tadase making his way through the water. He was swimming towards them.

Amu groaned and instantly moved towards Ikuto. "Why does he always show up when we're playing in the water?"

Ikuto smirked and wrapped his arms around Amu to pull her closer to him. "Because he can see us out here and doesn't like that we have fun together."

Amu sighed and waited for Tadase to get closer. He stopped about ten feet away from them and gave them a short wave. His mouth smiled but his eyes seemed to be on fire. "Hey Amu-chan, Tsukiyomi-san. How is your day going?"

Amu was about to answer when a new voice cut in. "Tadase-kun will you come help me with my sun block?"

Rima had arrived on the beach not to far from where they were swimming. She held a bottle in one hand and towel and book in the other. Her swimsuit was a two piece this time and her ridiculously big sunglasses covered her face. She motioned impatiently for Tadase to hurry up.

"I'm sorry, but I should go help Rima-chan."

Amu wasn't sorry at all to see him walk away. She felt Ikuto relax a little from behind her. She hadn't felt him get so tense. His grip returned and she squirmed to get away as he began to lift her up. She laughed as she flew through the air and splashed into a wave. She came up laughing as well and backed away as Ikuto advanced on her once again. They played in the water for about another hour while Rima distracted Tadase on the beach before they headed back inside. Ikuto followed Amu to the bathroom but she shut him out.

"Aww come on Amu, didn't you say you forgave me?"

Amu smiled as she thought back to their conversation. She hadn't even begun to forgive him yet. "Sorry Ikuto but not this time."

Ikuto sighed and went to his room to wait for his turn in the shower. He heard her leave the room and was disappointed to see her body wrapped up snugly in a towel. He didn't comment before moving into the bathroom to take his shower on his own. He left the door open though.

Amu smirked as soon as she got into her room. She dropped her towel and headed for her new night shirt that she was going to wear for the rest of the evening. She also had a new pair of pink lace booty shorts that she was going to wear with it. In fact the underwear was the only thing she was going to wear with it. The night shirt was loose enough to hang off one of her shoulders, but short enough to just stop after her butt. She turned and examined herself in the mirror. She liked the way that you could clearly see her booty shorts and she loved what the black shirt said. On the front it read 'GET A ROOM' while on the back it read 'YOU KNOW YOU WANT ME'. It was perfect. Ikuto was going to die.

She was right. Ikuto almost went into shock after seeing her in the kitchen in her pajamas. He hadn't said anything yet but she assumed it was because he was still trying to process what was happening in his mind. She smiled to herself as she went up on her tippy toes to reach for a cup. Her arm extended and she felt the shirt lift up to revel her petit ass. With the cup securely in her hands she moved to fill it with milk before heading for the living room. "Come on Ikuto! Let's watch a movie."

Ikuto followed her into the living and sat on the couch while she picked out a movie and popped it into the player. He stared at her as she bent over to push the movie in. He cleared his throat and tried to distract himself. "What did you pick?"

Amu beamed at him as she turned around. "That Darn Cat. It's a great movie!" (A.N. You and I both know I don't own it but it's a great movie.)

Ikuto nodded and waited as she moved to sit next to him on the couch. She had just snuggled under his arm when she popped back up to her feet. "I'm going to make some popcorn. Do you want anything to drink?"

Ikuto nodded. "Milk is fine."

Amu smiled and whisked off to the kitchen. She pulled out the other thing she'd asked Rima for and smashed it into the cup of milk for Ikuto while the popcorn popped. She was quite pleased with herself when she returned to the living room with the snack and his drink. "Alright! It's starting."

Ikuto drank his milk as Amu once again snuggled up to him and shared her popcorn. He started to get tired about half way through. His eyes began to droop shut and he could hear Amu saying something to him but it just didn't make sense. Then he understood.

Her words hit home as his eyes closed for the night. "You know how I said I forgave you for the peanut butter thing? Well I did, but not for the way you demanded me to please you. Prepare for a rough day tomorrow Ikuto."

Amu smiled at the sleeping Ikuto. She shut off the movie and began to move his much bigger body up the stairs to a spare bedroom that she'd stored the rope and her other outfit in earlier. She took her time moving him there since he wasn't waking up anytime soon.

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Morg: I know! I'm a horrible person!

Ikuto: You got that right! I want to be awake for the 'punishment' Amu gives me.

Amu: I don't want any part in this!

Morg: You are tying him to a bed you know.

Amu: Only because that's how you wrote it!
Ikuto: You did promise them last time that if they reviewed you do it.

Amu: Alright fine. Please don't review readers. I really don't want to have to tie him down in the next chapter. If you don't review then we can just forget this whole incident and go back to playing in the water.

Ikuto: So you'd rather see me dripping wet and half naked rather than tied to a bed?

Amu: I didn't say that! Just don't review!

Ikuto: If you review then I will retaliate in some way. Amu is starting a very sexy war here.

Amu: NO!