The Troubles with Cat-Sitting

Hi everybody. This is another chapter, so enjoy.

Amu Pov:

Dressing Ikuto for the day, I saw that the sky was pouring out. The pitter patter of raindrops falling on the window is relaxing to hear. Buttoning up Ikuto's shirt, I saw that he had a scar on his cheek. I ran my thumb over the scar, Ikuto wincing in pain. I wonder how he got that scar. He didn't have it yesterday. Did he cut himself last night? Finishing up his shirt, I took his hand and brought him into the bathroom to bandage his wound. I took out a Band-Aid and placed it over his scar. After completing this Ikuto and I went downstairs to have breakfast.

I took out his meal which consisted of spaghetti-o's and mixed rice (No idea why) along with his medication. We sat down at the table and I started to spoon feed him again. Ikuto, though didn't seem like he wanted to eat and turned his head away from mine.

"Cmon Ikuto, open up. Good kitties always let the spaghetti-o trains enter their mouths, so open up. Please" I begged, but Ikuto didn't want to eat. He was really acting different today. I placed my hand on his forehead, his temperature normal unlike yesterday. I guess it's still early, so I suppose that he wasn't hungry yet. I decided to take him into the living room and see if he wanted to play.

'Ikuto, do you want to play" I asked him. When I tried to tickle him, he didn't laugh. When I played Peek-A-Boo, he wasn't surprised. When I took out the yarn and catnip, he wasn't interested in them at all. Something was wrong, but I wish I knew. "Ikuto, is something wrong? Are you mad at me" I said.

"No, not mad at you, Amu" Ikuto replied. "Well, what are you upset about" I asked him. He pointed at the window in the room. "Want to go outside, back to park for taiyaki and ducky" he said. I now understood what he was saying. Ikuto wanted to go back to the park to eat taiyaki and see the ducks again because he didn't go yesterday. Normally, I would have taken him out again, but it was downright pouring outside, and I really am not in the mood for getting soaked.

"Sorry Ikuto but we can't go outside because it's raining out" I told him. He was not happy to hear that. He crossed his legs and arms and looked away from me. He was really angry, but I had to lay down the law if I was in charge. "Ikuto, we can have lots of fun inside, so would you like to play a game" I asked him. "NO" he angrily said. "Would you like a treat" I asked again. "NO" he sternly said, a little more anger hidden inside. "Look Ikuto, if you're too upset to play and eat, then I think it's time for a nap" I said with annoyance clearly shown. "NO, NO, NO AMU" He yelled. "YES, YES, and YES IKUTO" I yelled back. I crawled over to him, grabbing his arm and practically dragged him up the stairs, into his bedroom and throwing him on the bed. I jumped on top of him, holding his arms and legs as he screamed his head off.

"STOP IT AMU, YOUR HURTING ME" Ikuto cried. I immediately let go of him, getting off the bed. I froze in front of the crying Ikuto, who was curled in a ball. I couldn't believe I did that. Why would I do something so horrific? If Ikuto did this to me, I would hate him for life, but I did this to him. I needed to fix my mess.

I slowly walked over to Ikuto, sitting on the bed. Ikuto scooted away from me, fear across his face. When I reached my hand out, Ikuto slapped it and hid his face in the pillows. I felt so bad, I tried to hide my falling tears. Ikuto saw me crying and came over, wiping the tears off my face. I looked at him, a smile starting to form. I sat in his lap and hugged him. He hugged me back, throwing me on the bed so he was on top of me (episode 3). We looked at each other, blushes starting to form on our faces.

"Amu" Ikuto said. "Yes Ikuto" I said back. "Why did you hurt me" He replied sadly. I looked at him, hurt written on my face. "I'm sorry Ikuto, I was mad and I only wanted you to be happy, but instead I hurt you. Do you forgive me" I said, hoping he would understand. He smiled and nodded, saying that he does forgive me. We both smiled and got up, heading back downstairs.

I looked at the window. It was still raining, but that wasn't going to ruin my plan. "Ikuto, do you still want to go outside" I asked him. He nodded and started walking to the front door when I grab his hand and led him to the back. "Why don't we go play in the backyard.

We went outside, splashing in the puddles and mud, playing tag and chase. While I threw a ball of yarn, Ikuto had slipped on the wet grass and fell face first into the mud. He was completely covered; head to toe, in the substance. Salty tears were mixed into the mud while Ikuto was wiping it off his face and bawling his eyes off at the same time. I ran over to him, picked him up and helped him into the bathroom. I washed him off and put some new clothes on him.

I knew now that it was probably time for a nap, so I put him to bed, cuddling him until he fell asleep. Even if the day hasn't ended yet, I felt like sleeping till the sun rose the next day. I hope that the lasts 3 days will be ok.

That's' it for now. Come back for more.