Okay people, this chapter is filled with Amuto so you'll probably – hopefully – like it. I'm updating earlier than usual because I wanted to update on the same day the next manga chapter for Shugo Chara came out, it did come out yesterday but it was upload in english today. So yeah, I suggest you ready the next chapter, Amuto for ever!

Also, it seems when replying to reviews I gave a bit of confusion with the Utau drunk situation. To clear that up I'll just say to those people it was meant for the next chapter lol, sorry.

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Oh another thing, for the person who asked what Ikuto likes besides Amu will here he is:

Ikuto: Shouldn't it be Peach-Pit answering this question, why you? All you do is write fanfiction.

(Frowns)... Do you want me to make this a Tadamu story?

Ikuto: ... (Blinks)... I like Amuto. There.

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Waking up Amu let out a large yawn and stretched her arms only to find that she couldn't as her arms were being held to her body.

Turning her head her eyes rested upon the sleeping face of Ikuto who currently had her in a vice-like grip.

Amu smiled at his cute expression, he looked handsome even in slumber.

Knowing she wouldn't be getting up whilst he was asleep Amu was content with just staying in her arms.

Now that she could relax, Amu could focus on the most important thing... how had she gotten to Ikuto's bed!?

Frowning she tried to remember, she had come to Ikuto's flat for valentine's day, both of them had eaten a meal together then sat on the sofa in front of the TV... only neither of them hadn't really been watching the TV. Instead they'd--

Amu blushed and bit her lip, so she had done it.

Oh god.

At that moment Amu realised what she was wearing...

Absolutely. Nothing.

Her entire face went scarlet.

She slowly glanced to Ikuto to find the duvet covering him, was he naked aswell?

Amu quickly pushed the thought away, now was no time to be thinking it. It was strange, even after sleeping with him she was still embarrassed.

Realising that Ikuto was holding her naked body she quickly tried to pull away, after a while she succeeded whilst Ikuto mumbled something in his sleep and turned over so his back was facing her. Falling off the end and onto the floor Amu found her clothes on the floor.

Her heart was pounding upon the realisation of what she had actually done, last night she had surprisingly been calm. After all what reason had there been to not do it?

They were both old enough and they were going out.

It was perfectly normal for a couple.

But even so... for her this was too fast.

Trying to get her head in order she focused on her first priority: get some clothes.

As she moved she found her body to be slightly sore but not too much, somehow it wasn't as bad as she had imagined her first time would be.

Grabbing her clothes she sneaked into the bathroom and got clothed, when she looked in the mirror her eyes widened.

Her neck had several love bites on it, how on earth was she supposed to hide them for her parents!

And... oh no, what was she meant to say when she turned up later?

They had known she was going to Ikuto's so what would they say after she had spent the night there?

Suddenly those thoughts vanished though; Amu was old enough to make her own decisions. Just because she still lived in the same house as them didn't mean she wasn't mature enough, she was nineteen already!

Walking back out of the door she let out a squeak to see Ikuto awake, he smirked when he saw her, "Already clothed Amu?"

Amu blushed scarlet and looked away avoiding his gaze, "Um... hi Ikuto."

Ikuto frowned, "What's the matter; you're not regretting what we did last night?"

Amu's eyes widened at the thought.

She quickly shook her head, of course she didn't regret it, she loved Ikuto.

Smiling she looked up at him, she had to fight to keep her gaze on his face and not on his toned body, "Of course not, I love you Ikuto, I'm glad I slept with you."

The words seemed strange being said but she felt she had today them, they were the truth.

Ikuto seemed surprised by her sentence, Amu bit her lip scared that she had been too straightforward but then his surprise vanished and he said with a smirk, "That makes two of us."

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As Amu walked along she sighed, as she had been walking along she had allowed her mind to carry her away back to past memories.

So much had happened...

As she now thought to the place Ikuto had arranged to meet her, she realised she hadn't been there in years.

When Ikuto had said to meet at the violin she knew of course that he meant the place where the violin had been placed.

It was obvious where he would have placed it, the place where when they were going out he would play for her and sometimes she would sing along.

With Rima and Nagehiko looking after Amulet Amu had time to talk with Ikuto.

As Amu looked up she stopped, she had reached the place.

Breathing deeply she found everything to be off, then suddenly everything came to life.

The lights on the rides came on and from some area she could hear music playing.

The fair.

Then it hit her, why music?

Turning her gaze her eyes widened upon seeing Ikuto stood playing his violin, she stood in awe as he played.

She hadn't heard him play in so long...

Holding her hands against her chest she closed her eyes and listened to the melody.

As the melody played she realised it to be the same one he had played several times years ago, as he would play she would listen in awe and occasionally sing.

It made her upset that she hadn't done that in so long.

As the melody faded she opened her eyes to find Ikuto walking over to her.

She smiled, "You're playing it again."

Ikuto nodded, his eyes on her face, "When you left I stopped playing."

Amu's face fell, "I... you did?" she whispered.

"Don't worry," he said, "It's not your fault."

Amu was slightly caught off guard at this, when she had first arrived he would have probably not said anything but now he seemed to be acting more nice. Was it because of what had happened last night?

He had said he loved her...

"You're still great." Amu murmurred.

Ikuto smirked, "Of course."

As Amu scanned the fair she said, "I thought this fair had been re-used, how come it isn't open?"

Ikuto glanced at it aswell, "It's under reconstruction, some of the rides are being done up."

Amu nodded, "So... you hid your violin here all this time?"
"Yeah." Ikuto replied, "I kinda didn't expect it to still be here after all this time but seems nobody's touched it."

"Where... was it?"

Ikuto looked at her, "Follow me."

Taking her hand which sent a shiver up her arm Amu allowed Ikuto to guide her, as they walked Amu realised that right now they really did look like a couple.

A small smile played itself on her features at the thought, maybe after all this was done and settled she could stay in Japan with Ikuto...

If only...

As they came to a stop Amu was pulled out of her daydreams, before them was the spinning cups ride that looked the same as it did years ago except it was obviously older with paint work chipped, marks and other things.

As Ikuto went on the ground Amu's eyes widened when he suddenly pulled himself under the ride.

"U-ur... Ikuto?" she asked.

All she could see was his feet and as funny as it was she was too preoccupied with what he was doing underneath it.

Crouching down she glanced under to see him smirking at her, "Come on under."

Amu frowned and thought for a moment then sighed, laying on her back she pulled herself under besides Ikuto.

The gap between the ground and ride was small, the ride was held up around a meter above the ground.

Not much space for a person to lay.

As Amu realised how close she and Ikuto were she felt a blush creeping onto her face.

"See above you?"

Amu looked above to find panels wires and such there.

"Ur... yeah." she murmurred.

Turning her head she found Ikuto open a panel, within it were a few wires and such but other than that it was empty.

Ikuto turned his face to her and smirked, "That's where it was."

"I-In there?" she murmurred.

Ikuto nodded, his gaze not leaving her's.

Amu noticed how their faces were so close to one another and how the space between that was impossibly small.

"U-um..." she murmurred looking above her to avoid his eyes, "S-so I guess you're revealed your violin was still there huh?"

Her voice was nervous.

"Mmmm..." Ikuto merely said, his eyes still intently on her face.

As he leaned closer Amu squeezed her eyes shut, a moment later she felt the hair being brushed out of her face.

Amu's eyes reopened with surprise, she had expected him to kiss her.

Turning her head she glanced at him and blinked a few times.

Ikuto kept one hand on her face as he stared into her eyes.

"Ikuto..." she whispered.

Ikuto's face expression didn't change.

As Amu gazed at his lips she found herself subconsciously leaning forward.

However at that moment Ikuto used one of the beams above them to push himself out from under the ride leaving Amu there with her lips in mid-air.

Huh! she found herself thinking.

"You coming or you gonna stay under there all day?" Ikuto's voice called.

Amu frowned but obeyed none the less; pulling herself from underneath the ride she stood up and brushed herself down.

Glancing at Ikuto hoping to meet his eyes she was met with disappointment to find him looking elsewhere.

Why was he ignoring her suddenly?

Was this payback for last night when she had rejected him?

He had said he'd wait... did he mean he'd wait for her?

"Come on, we can get dinner." Ikuto said as he walked away.

Amu's face brightened at the thought of it, she couldn't remember the last time she had had so long with Ikuto by herself.

It made her happy.

"You can buy." Ikuto added a moment later.

Amu's face fell and she narrowed her eyes, "You jerk!"

Ikuto merely smirked in amusement.

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Fifteen minutes later Amu and Ikuto were both in the same café Yaya and Rima had brought her too a while back.

Amu glanced at the clock to find it was half twelve, she had just under an hour until she had to go to work. Then she'd have to pick Amulet up from daycare where Yaya worked.

Plus with today being Yaya's birthday, she, Rima and Utau were going to take her out for a night. It was her 21st, she had had a party with her family a few days ago but she wanted to spend time with Amu and the others on her actual one.

Since it was big Amu wondered what Rima and Utau had planned...

Waiting for Ikuto to return from the counter Amu glanced outside the windows, it was a warm day due to it being Spring. Amu realised that it had been well over a month since she had come to Japan.

When she had arrived it had been the beginning of April – three weeks before she actually met all her friends at the park. Now, weeks later it was less than a week away from being June.

She left in the beginning of July...

She sighed at how quickly time had passed; she didn't want to leave so soon. Despite that she couldn't help but feel she had to, would it be fair to keep Amulet here for her own reasons?

As Ikuto returned Amu came out of her thoughts deciding to not dwell on them for now, Ikuto set down the two cups of coffee.

Amu took a small sip and glanced at Ikuto to find him studying her.

"What?" she asked bluntly.

Ikuto smirked, "Nothing."

Amu frowned then dismissed it and tried to begin a conversation, "So why did you bring me here anyway?"

Ikuto shrugged, "You were paying, I wouldn't turn down free stuff."

A vein pulsed on her head as she replied, "You were the one who made me pay!"

Ikuto leaned back in relaxation, "I forgot my money."

"How convenient." Amu muttered.

Despite sounding annoyed Amu had to admit that it felt good to be able to sit like this with Ikuto.

It almost felt like a date, an almost-date.

"How's Amulet?"

"Wha—huh?" Amu asked snapping her head out of her thoughts.

"I said how is Amulet?" Ikuto repeated.

"Oh..." Amu said, "Er... she's... good."

Amu was surprised Ikuto had even asked about Amulet, up till now he hadn't shown any obvious interest in her.

Ikuto nodded, "That's good."

A pause followed before Ikuto asked, "Think I could meet her sometime?"

Amu's eyes widened beyond belief, "What did you say?"

Ikuto laughed at her expression, "Is it that hard to believe?"

"No I mean... i..." Amu couldn't think of anything to say.

"Can i?"

"Um... sure." Amu replied.

Ikuto smirked, "Great I'll come around to your's this weekend."

Amu nodded, today was a Monday.

Amu opened her mouth to speak when her mobile went off, picking it out of her pocket she answered, "Hello?"

"Amu!"

"Utau?" Amu asked confused.

"You have to come into work quickly, somebody's misplaced the files and everything's a mess! Plus my schedule is lost and I don't..."

Amu sighed as Utau rambled, "Fine I'll be there."

Exchanging good-bye's Amu shut her phone and glanced to Ikuto, just when she had gotten to sit down with him and have an almost-date.

Ikuto seemed to notice her unhappiness as he said, "I'll see you Saturday, don't worry."

Amu nodded, "B-bye."

As she stood up Ikuto did so aswell, as they walked out the coffee shop Ikuto surprised her by grabbing her arm and pulled her closer. As he kissed her on top of her head Amu was met with surprise.

With a quick 'goodbye' Ikuto left.

Amu watched after him and sighed, I wish he wouldn't do that, he makes my heart go into over-drive.

With that Amu turned and walked off.

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Utau who was sat in her office sighed, she was aware Amu had been with Ikuto when she had rung. Rima had just spoken to her saying they had arranged to meet one another.

From Amu's voice Ikuto hadn't told her then...

She still couldn't believe that all this time Ikuto had known who the father was, how could he have not said?

Did Amu know?

Utau frowned and as she sat in a chair in the studio's café she brought out the sheets of paper from her purse and glanced over them.

How long had Ikuto kept these hidden in his wardrobe?

Had he ever planned to tell her – his own sister?

Utau frowned, she had only gone into his room to clear up, she felt she should as his sister but she had never expected to find this.

She'd have to have a word with Ikuto when they were alone together... until then she'd keep quiet.

As she glanced at the sheet in front of her with a date titled years ago she knitted her eyebrows together.

"So that's it." she murmurred to herself, "He's the father."

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Hope you liked it, as I've been doing this story I've been adding up the maths and finding out how long Amu's been there. Next chapter we have Yaya's birthday, as I was adding up the maths to find out the date in my fanfic I found out that it was Yaya's birthday. I've written down all the SC character's birthday if I need to refer to them in my fanfics (it's helpful, I suggest you do it, if you want to know their birthdays just ask and I can mail them) – Yaya's is the 25th May so you know what date it'll be next chapter.

Also... Utau now knows who the father is? o.O

P.S. – xMelitheKonekox won the Most Amusing review.

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Preview for Chapter 9: That's Not Fair

"Ikuto?"

Ikuto glanced from his bed to see Utau, he sat up and sighed, "What is it?"

Utau smiled, "We're going around Yaya's, wanna come?"

"What do you think?" Ikuto asked.

Utau frowned, "I thought you and Amu were getting along."

"We had an argument."

Utau blinked in surprise then narrowed her eyes, "Ikuto, soon it'll be June. Amu leaves near the beginning of July, you have little over five weeks. Are you going to spend all that time making her suffer? She loves you Ikuto."

The words sliced through Ikuto.

He snapped his head towards her and narrowed his eyes, "And I love her aswell! But what's the point if she plans on returning to America, I'm just trying to not get in too deep then let her go and leave me again. It was enough last time."

Utau remained silent for a moment and stood still before replying, "Maybe if you told her who the father was instead of playing games she wouldn't leave."