Battle of Love
A/N: I decided to continue it. Thank you to those who reviewed, favorite, or alerted my story. Much appreciated. :)
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"When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them."
"Hey, Ikuto" Amu poked Ikuto with her pencil to grab his attention; he was sitting in the sit next to hers in the library and was appeared to be focused on the manga he was reading.
"Yes Amu?" He looked up from the manga.
"What are you doing in here?" She sighed.
"What do you mean?" he asked innocently. "I'm reading a book, isn't that what people do when they come to the library?"
Amu rolled her eyes at him. "I mean why you are here now? Don't you have English around this time of day?"
"Ok ok you've caught me" he said while holding his hands up in mock surrender. "But you have to come closer for me to tell you, it's a secret."
"Oh?" Amu raised her eyebrow at him. She knew this was one of Ikuto's games again but, honestly she didn't care this time considering it was a study period and her math homework didn't seem as interesting as the blue-eyed male in front of her so she complied without protest.
Amu scooted her sit over until there chair's touched and leaned over so that he could whisper whatever he had wanted to say into her ear. But to Amu's surprise Ikuto had took advantage of how close the two were and pulled Amu onto his lap despite her struggle to get away from him. Ikuto then wrapped his arms around Amu's waist, holding her in place.
"To be with you of course" he whispered seductively into her ear.
Over the past few weeks since Amu took the role of Ikuto's "slave" the two have surprisingly gotten somewhat closer, despite Ikuto's perverted ways and Amu's awkwardness. Part of it was because Amu had noticed that Ikuto only acted in such a way around her. From rumors she had heard in the past, such as Ikuto only dated older girls since he had been seen getting into a car with an attractive-looking blonde, which was the reason why he gave off a "stay away from me" aura to any girl that approached him. It explained his behavior perfectly, since who would want to be bothered with a high school girl when you could have someone more mature, in more than one way? Amu had thought Ikuto was a total playboy and was a bit disgusted upon hearing the news, but in fact he was the complete opposite. She even felt kind of stupid for actually believing the rumors, since she herself wasn't what others thought.
Amu's cheeks had turned scarlet upon the action and her body had responded with an involuntarily shiver. She would never admit it but, Ikuto could always make her feel all warm and fuzzy inside. She liked that feeling.
"Ikuto let me go" She said, surprised her voice came out stronger than what she had thought. He was making her feel like Jell-O in his arms.
"You don't really mean that" he held her tighter and nuzzled her back. He took a deep breath and inhaled her scent. "Hmm you smell like strawberries, delicious."
Amu arched her back slightly and bit her lip, cursing the strawberry body wash her mother had bought for her. She stirred in his hold, resuming her earlier struggle but this time with more determination.
"It's cute when you do that, knowing you won't get loose" Amu could feel the smirk forming on his lips. She resisted the urge to pout or yell, it was a library they were in after all, and she didn't want to be kicked out for being disruptive.
Wanting to let out the building irritation, Amu did the next best thing. She kicked the table in front of them, satisfied with the noise it made, she did it again and again and again.
"Amu if you make too much noise someone will come and they'll misunderstand again" Ikuto's voice stopped her actions and she sat quietly in his lap, pondering to herself about how she could get free from his hold without having to include anyone.
It's no surprise that rumors were born from Amu and Ikuto's new found friendship. At first people hadn't thought anything was off about the two being seen together, but they began to notice that the pair was spending lunch time together and that Amu was making lunches for Ikuto. People had of course jumped to conclusions and had thought either they were in a relationship or Ikuto had simply gotten tired of older women and Amu was his new plaything. Amu had wanted to clear things up and explain to everyone that they were only friends, which in a way was true, but decided against it since knowing Ikuto he would be blunt and tell people she was his "slave". That would only cause more questions to be asked and more problems to surface and there were already too many of them, so she went with the next best thing, do nothing and let the gossipers run wild with their imagination then hope it would die down like all the other petty rumors. So far the plan was still in stage one.
"Good choice" He said while patting her head in a playful manner. Amu sighed in defeat from not being able to come up with anything for her escape, but she had to admit, being here with Ikuto in his arms really wasn't that bad.
"So what's for lunch today?" Ikuto asked after Amu had begun to relax in his hold.
"Your favorite, onigiri" Amu answered. Even though Amu would complain from time to time about preparing Ikuto's lunch, she secretly enjoyed it since she had always dreamed of doing such a thing for her boyfriend. Ikuto wasn't her boyfriend of course, but it still felt nice when he ate her meals and complimented her on them.
"I look forward to i-"
"Tsukiyomi Ikuto, get your hands away from my precious Amu!" Utau's voice suddenly came out in a low growl, startling the two.
Ikuto composed himself and held Amu tighter. "No" he said nonchalantly.
"What do you mean no? Utau shot him a glare. "I come here looking for Amu, only to find you harassing her yet again!"
"She doesn't seem to mind it, do you Amu?" He whispered the last part into her ear, earning a blush from her.
"Ikuto let her go right now!"
Amu sighed inwardly, situations like this one have been happening to her ever since she had informed Utau and Rima about her and Ikuto's little agreement. They had been furious at first upon hearing the news, Amu had told them she would handle it but apparently Utau was Ikuto's sister and wouldn't settle for it. After Amu had gotten over the shock, an argument similar to this one had broken out when Utau and Rima confronted him; eventually they came to a conclusion: Ikuto would not give up the letter and they weren't going to stop pestering him. An agreement was soon followed and the terms were that Amu would stay his "slave" (for now) however he would have to put up with the actions of them, without complaint.
"And why would I do that?" and as if on cue the bell rung, signaling the end of third block.
"Because if you don't Amu will be late" Utau smirked at her brother. Ikuto contemplated on this for a brief minute before sighing.
"Fine" he said while reluctantly releasing Amu, and before he could say anything else, Utau had grabbed Amu and rushed her out the door.
"You're a mega pervert by the way!" she had said before they left the library.
~ xXx ~
SLAP! SLAP!
"Saaya stop it!" Lulu shouted to her angered friend who appeared to be in some kind of trance. Saaya showed no signs of hearing the cry and continued with the task at hand, beating Miki, the girl who threw a volley ball at Amu weeks ago that caused Tadase to get mad at her, to a bloody pulp. So far she was succeeding in her goal. Miki had two black eyes, one swollen shut, scratches all over her bruised and battered face, a busted lip, and hand prints on her cheeks from being slapped multiple times. Saaya held Miki up by her short dark blue hair; the girl was trembling and sobbing violently. Her blue eyes held great fear and were silently calling out for help; the plea was met by apologetic looks before being ignored by the people in Saaya's group. Nobody knew the reason for Saaya's anger, she was fine one minute and now it was like she had turned into a completely different person. It scared everyone even more that she was punishing Miki now, why hadn't she done it on the day the crime was committed? Who knows?
For some reason the expression on Miki's face made Saaya even angrier and she pulled her arm back, about to do another blow on the poor girl's face but when she tried to move it forward she found that it wouldn't budge. Confused by the discovery, she was knocked out of her trance in time to hear a worried voice that belonged to her best friend Lulu, who also was the one to stop her.
"Saaya stop it! She's had enough, can't you see?" Saaya blinked a couple of times before looking down at the frightened girl below her and the uncomfortable looks all around her. She released Miki and cleared her throat.
"Let this be a lesson to all of you, do not act on your own" she threw a hand in Miki's direction "Or this will happen to you as well." And with those final words, Saaya ran. Lulu was about to go after her when she felt a hand on her arm, stopping her. When she looked down it was Nana.
"I think you should let her go…clear her head, Lulu-san" She nodded her head in return, a pained expression on her face.
Saaya flew through corridor after corridor; she had heard the bell so she knew exactly where he would be. She ignored the quizzical looks she was receiving from people and hurried on until she saw the familiar blonde hair over a locker. When the locker closed she was met with warm ruby orbs and a princely smile, she loved them both.
"Saaya, Hi" His voice was warm and welcoming, Saaya felt a rush of emotion flood through her and she flung herself into Tadase's arms, before he could say anything about her abrupt action her voice came out in a whisper, barely even audible but Tadase's ears caught on to it.
"Do you love me?" she hugged him tight.
"What?" Tadase answered, taken back by the sudden question.
"Yes or no" Saaya hugged him tighter.
Soft footsteps were heard and a flash of pink hair coming around the corner caught Tadase's eyes, all undetected by Saaya.
Tadase unwrapped Saaya's arms from around his waist, she looked down in embarrassment as her actions dawned on her. Tadase placed his index finger under Saaya's chin and gently guided her eyes back to his.
"Of course I love you, silly" He said before crushing his lips to hers, engulfing her into a passionate kiss, one that ended up in Saaya being pushed up against the lockers, her arms wrapping around Tadase's neck, his hands finding their place resting beside her head on the lockers, making it seem as if she were trapped by them. A throat being cleared brought them back to reality.
Saaya turned her head and found Amu standing inches away from them, a blank expression plastered on her face, no emotion whatsoever, no signs of pain or anger, just blank.
"No public displays of affection in the halls" Amu said coolly, her voice free from the hurt and sorrow she had thought herself to overcome.
"I'm so sorry, but my boyfriend was just showing me how much he loves me" A cruel smile had found its place on Saaya's lips as she made eye contact with Amu, who quickly switched her gaze to Tadase who once again was avoiding her attempt of eye contact.
Amu shrugged before walking around the couple, heading to her class before tears born out of the emotions she was desperately trying to fight back threatened to fall out.
A/N: Another chapter done! Want to see when the next update will be or chapter progress? Check my profile. Thanks for reading.
