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Anyhow let's start the chapter, shall we?

Amu: And we get to find out if Ikuto really is a stalker.

G-chan: How dare you! Ikuto has been trough so much! Quick, someone do the disclaimer...

El: G-chan does not own Shugo Chara! or any of it's characters


Ages:

Ikuto: 29

Amu: 24

Miki: 5

Kukai: 25

Utau:26

Nagihiko: 24

Daichi: 3


From where she was sitting the picture looked strangely familiar. Especially the sakura trees in the background. Why did they look familiar? Amu had the same picture at home. She was sure it was the same picture!

The only thing is...why did Ikuto have a picture of her, Hinamori Amu, in his apartment?


Ikuto's POV

I opened my eyes and the first thing I noticed was the throbbing pain going through my head. I lifted my hand up to cradle my head, but it didn't make it any better. It was still pretty dark, so it must be kinda early.

Once I sat up a wave of sickness went through me. I held my other hand to my mouth. Ugh... I felt like I was gonna throw up. What the hell happened yesterday? I faintly remembered Utau and Rima stripping me...beer bottles...lots of sake bottles...I groaned, this was most definitely a hangover.

Then I heard some shuffling. Someone else was in my house? I looked up and saw Utau lying on a futon in front of me. But she wasn't moving so it couldn't be her... I heard the noise again, so I turned to where the noise came from. I held back a gasp. It was Amu. Why the hell was she in my apartment?!

She was holding something but I couldn't see what. "Amu?" I whispered, not wanting to wake Utau. She flinched and turned around, a scared look on her face. "Ts...Tsukiyomi-san?" I could now see Amu was holding a picture frame. Wait...a picture frame? I had a bad feeling about this.

I glanced at one of the bookshelves. There was supposed to be a certain picture behind the one of Miki in her kindergarten uniform...but it wasn't there. Shit!

I quickly turned to Amu once more, there was probably a panicked expression on my face cause Amu looked worried. I saw it. It was THAT picture. The one of Amu standing in front of a cherry blossom tree when we went cherry blossom viewing 5 years ago... When Amu was pregnant... Shit, shit, shit! I never thought I'd see Amu ever again so I kept it...with the engagement rings next to it...Dammit! I'm such an idiot!

"Tsukiyomi-san...what's this?" Amu asked as she pointed towards the picture. I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. I couldn't think of a good excuse. The only logical explanation would be the truth. 'Hey, you might not remember but that was 5 years ago when you were pregnant with Miki.'

Damn. Damn. Damn. DAMN THIS SHIT! Then Utau stirred, catching the attention of both me and Amu. Thank you Utau, thank you! And I'm gonna kill you later for bringing her into my apartment!

Utau yawned and rubbed her eyes. "Good morning." "Utau!" Amu and I said at the same time. Utau looked confused but that look soon disappeared when she saw the picture Amu was holding. "Ah..."

There was an uncomfortable silence in the air. I must look like some kind of stalker since I have this picture of her in my house. I looked at Utau, a desperate expression on my face. I'm making her feel bad and that's what I'm trying to do.

She closed her eyes and took an unnoticeable breath, and started, well, lying her pants (or in this case; dress) off. "Ah! That's where I put that picture! I don't believe it, I actually left it at Ikuto's! I feel so stupid!" She face palmed herself to make things look more believable. That's it, Utau! Lie!

"Why would you bring my picture to Tsukiyomi-san's?" Amu asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes. "You're my best friend and that's such a great picture! I just had to show you off to my brother." This time Utau waved her hand in front of her body. She's a good actress, I must admit.

"So...you just forgot my picture here?" Amu repeated just to make sure she understood. "Yep," Utau said, popping the 'p'.

Amu continued to look at us as if we were some kind of alien beings. Finally her face lit up and a smile appeared. "Oh, I see. That makes sense. I mean, why would Tsukiyomi-san need my picture, right?" She laughed, so did Utau. I laughed as well, though it was a nervous kind of laugh. Sometimes it was really fortunate that Amu was an idiot.

Amu glanced at the clock, which read 5:30. "Ya know, I think I'll head home. Thank you for letting me stay here overnight," she said. "Yeah, it was...fun," Utau replied. I just nodded slowly.

Amu then stood up and gathered all of her stuff and finally left the apartment. Once she set foot outside the building I let my head fall back and sighed. In the end she didn't find out, huh?

"Hey, Ikuto, that was the perfect chance to tell her, you do realize that, don't you?" Utau said. I remained silent. "She has the right to know that Miki-chan is her daughter. When are you gonna tell her?" Once again I said nothing. Utau sighed. "Suit yourself." She grabbed her coat and also left my apartment, taking a quick glance over her shoulders before shutting the door behind her.

I don't believe myself. I had decided I would make Amu remember me and Miki... This WAS the perfect chance to tell her... But I chickened out. I'm such an idiot. My stomach hurt. Ugh...is that guilt? Wait...that's... That's the feeling you get when you have to... I stood up and ran to the bathroom with my hand covering my mouth. I opened the toilet seat and threw up. I completely forgot about my hangover... I let my head hover over the toilet for a while. A look of disgust on my face as I saw what had come out me.

I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. There was now a horrible taste in my mouth, so I brushed my teeth. Hmm... Maybe it'd be better to call in sick today. But that would mean someone else would have to bring Miki home and what if that person was going to be Amu? So I texted Nagi, saying he had to bring Miki home no matter what, which he was more than happy to do, I read in his reply.

The rest of the day I spent mostly in the bathroom, near the toilet. Later on in the day I felt slightly better so I left the bathroom and exchanged it for the living room. While I was watching tv I looked to the side and noticed Amu's picture which was still lying on the table. Hesitantly I picked it up and looked at it.

I had taken the picture, so you couldn't see me. I'm actually quite surprised Amu had this picture. It made me wonder who had given it to her in the first place. I sighed and let my fingers run over Amu. She was pregnant here, but it was in the first few months so she wasn't...well to put it bluntly she wasn't fat yet. "You damn idiot, you should've told her," I scolded myself out loud. Why didn't I though? I couldn't help but wonder.

"Ah, dammit." I let my head rest in my hands. The truth is I already knew why. I was scared. We were finally talking normally now...and if I were to randomly tell her that we...ahem...did it...and had a daughter... What if she would run away again? I didn't want that. I groaned into my hand. "And you call yourself a man, Tsukiyomi Ikuto?" Great, now I had resorted to talking to myself.

It actually hurt, having to lie to Amu like that. Well, at least she didn't ask me about the rings. The engagement rings... Since we had a baby I was gonna propose to her. I had already wanted to for a long time, but I didn't know when or how I was gonna do it. Finally I had decided I would propose after Miki was born. I was excited, so excited. I knew exactly what I was gonna say. I woke up early just because I was so excited. I woke up...but Amu was nowhere to be seen.

Yes. To make things even worse Amu left us on the day I was planning on proposing to her. Some people would find that pitiful, but I don't need pity. Sighing, I turned back to the tv which was showing some sort of news programme. Now I just had to wait until Miki came back home.

After a few hours Miki came home, only it wasn't Nagi who brought her home, it was Rima. Apparently Nagi was busy, so she came in his stead. She wore the same pokerface she usually wears. I guess that in some ways that makes us kinda similar. I thanked Rima for bringing Miki home. She just nodded and left, not saying anything.

Miki hugged me tightly. "I missed you, papa," she murmured into my shirt. I ruffled her hair. "I missed you too," I replied, a small smile on my face. She told me about all the things she did at her friend's place. Mostly play with dolls, watch movies and other little girl stuff. For some reason Miki always made me feel better.

We did our routine of eating together and then watching tv. Then Miki started talking again. "Hey, papa, Amu-sensei was acting really strange today." I raised an eyebrow. "Was she?" Of course I already knew why, probably. Miki nodded. "Yeah! She was all jumpy and her face went all red when I talked to her. I smirked inwardly. "Really, now?" So even at work she couldn't stop thinking about me.

Suddenly Miki stood up from where she was sitting and started jumping up and down. "Hey, what are you doing, Miki?" I questioned her. "I just remembered about Saturday and how exited I am!" She yelled in between her jumps.

Saturday...? What was so special about Saturday? I searched my mind for clues but I couldn't remember. So I asked Miki in stead. "We're going to the amusement park with Amu-sensei and her little sister, silly!" She squealed.

I froze. I literally froze. All of my movements stopped in mid-air. That's right... I asked Amu to go with us to the amusement park! Why on earth did I do that?! Of course I didn't know we would be in an awkward situation like this, but still!

I could always call it off... Sneakily I glanced at Miki. She was still jumping and spinning of excitement. It would crush her if we didn't go.

I sighed. I would just have to man up and face Amu no matter what. For Miki's sake! But the amusement park... Amu and I had loads of memories there...like our first date. I remembered how happy she looked, being able to go out and be herself and act like a kid. She adored the tea-cups, especially when I went in them. I was too big for the small cups so she kept laughing her head off. I smiled to myself. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all.


G-chan: UUUUUGGGHHH! So short! I apologize! I had a tiny bit of writers block.

So... Amu still doesn't remember! Muaha! The reason is simple; I'm planning on making this fic longer.

Amu&Ikuto: T.T

G-chan: Um... so next chappie is amusement park! And... it holds lot's of memories for them... *wink wink*

Ikuto: you're creeping me out

G-chan: Since I'm making this a reasonable length d (?) fic, if anyone has any ideas or something they'd want to see, please put those ideas in a review! Since I actually have no idea where to go from now... I only know how he's telling Miki...

Amu:... seriously?

G-chan: Ah! Anyway...

El: R&R!