LPB: soz for the late update, blame my teachers for the millions of hw and assessment tasks they gave us and now we hav exams in 2 wks =.= so i probs will be updating later than usual next time...
disclaimer: liLpAnderBear doesn't own shugo chara but she does own kusame, kaiya and arya
Chapter 9- Back to America?
Amu POV- still jan 25(well this has been a long day XD)
"Kusame-kun…"
"Amu-chan, I'm so glad that I've finally found you." he let go of me.
"W-Why…h-how…" I was speechless. Why was he here?
"I told you I'd come pick you up didn't I? When I found out you were in Japan I took the first flight here." He cradled by face. "I promised something which I intended to keep." Utau, Rima and Sanjo-san were all standing behind him. Ikuto, I saw, had kept a distance away. Kusame-kun noticed that I was looking at Ikuto. "That's him right?" I looked back at Kusame-kun. "He's Kaiya's biological father, they have the same eyes…"
I nodded in reply.
"Amu, we should go back to the studio." Sanjo-san said with her arms folded. "There're too many people here." A crowd had gathered around us. Kusame-kun offered his hand to help me get up. Accepting, I put my hand in his pulling myself up. I loss the sensation in my legs and crumpled down, somehow I managed to fall back down and pulled Kusame-kun down on top of me.
The three women turned around to see what took us so long. Sanjo-san started coughing, Rima was blinking as if she didn't believe what was happening and Utau's eyes were huge. I imagined what we looked like. His arms were on either side of my head, and his legs were in between mine, and his face was only an inch or so away from mine.
My mind clicked and I could feel my face heating up, I tried to squirm out from under him. When Kusame-kun's mind finally caught up with him on what just happened he hastily stood up, moving his eyes elsewhere. "Uh…sorry."
Utau ran over to help me up, glaring at him in the process. 'Stay away from her' her eyes said. He ignored her. I looked for Ikuto, hoping he hadn't seen it. He was standing by his car and Arya was talking to him animatedly, he hadn't seemed to notice. Why would he care about that anyway... "Hey Amu, why don't we walk back to the studio instead." Utau suggested, she had noticed Arya and Ikuto as well.
"What's wrong with Tsukiyomi-san's car?" Kusame-kun asked.
"My brother seems otherwise engaged." She replied without much emotion.
He looked at Ikuto, he car was parked quite far away so he had to squint. Even then, you couldn't see him properly. "Is that girl-"
"His girlfriend." Rima said.
"Soon to be ex." Utau added.
"Oh," His shoulders seemed to relax just the smallest bit. "I thought it was someone else."
We walked in silence to the studio, Sanjo-san and Rima at the front, me and Kusame-kun behind them and Utau behind us. We could only hear the sound of us walking and the occasional car until we reached the building.
"Yukari!" A man with tied up shoulder length hair literally bounced up to us holding a bouquet of flowers. Sanjo-san wore a huge smile which reached her eyes.
"Time to leave the love-birds alone." Rima muttered pulling me and Kusame-kun towards the building, Utau followed behind.
"Where's Kaiya?" Kusame-kun asked just to stop the awkward silence.
"She's with…" that was a good question, Utau and Rima are with me and Sanjo-san was downstairs… "Where is she?" I asked Rima and Utau.
"The 'dirty boys', as Sanjo-san called them, came over just as we were about to leave for the park. I told them to look after her and then we ran to find you. What happened anyway? Me and Rima were writing our new song and then Ikuto calls and told us that 'Amuisintheparkandshe'snotfeelingverygood'." Utau did a perfect imitation of his voice, I would've believed he actually said that had she not said it in a rush.
Hearing Kaiya crying and I walked faster to get inside. Kukai and Nagi were sitting on the couches to the right and both had relief written on their faces when they saw me. "Amu! I don't know why but she keeps on crying! We've given her food and everything, I even changed her nappy even though it was clean!" Kukai cried out.
I muffled a laughter imagining Kukai changing a nappy and then took Kaiya out of his hands. She immediately stopped crying and started gurgling. Kukai made a pouting face, "I don't think she likes men. Every time Nagi and I hold her she starts either wriggling around or crying. But every time a woman holds her she's all quiet and happy."
Utau made a face. "That's a stupid theory."
"Hmmph." Kukai made a face back. "Fine, let's see if she cries if this guy here holds her then." He gestured to Kusame-kun.
"We'll see." Utau accepted his challenge. Shrugging, I held Kaiya out to Kusame-kun to hold. It was his first time holding her, I realised, what he would do if he saw her eyes… they remind him of some unpleasant memories… He held Kaiya gently, she wriggled a bit, but then yawning she fell asleep. "Ha! I told you so. But I wouldn't blame Kaiya-chan for hating men. Look what they did to her poor mother! After Amu left, Ikuto moped around for a week or so and then that girl turns up and he completely changes! And then when Amu finally comes back, he doesn't even acknowledge that they had a relationship before!"
Kusame-kun started to clutch Kaiya harder, I took her out of his hands so that he won't unconsciously hurt her. "He doesn't deserve you." He gritted his teeth but said it just only so I could hear.
"He's right you know." Rima said, well I guess she heard as well. "You'll be happier without him. We can tell your acting Amu. You try to act as if nothing's happened between you and Ikuto, as if you don't love him anymore and it doesn't hurt you when he's with Arya."
"B-but…" I tried to avoid their eyes, "I…d-don't l-love h-h-him, a-and it doesn't h-hurt."
"Ne, Amu-chan. Do you remember what I told you a few nights ago?" Nagi smiled softly at me, "You're bad at acting."
"I…no matter what though. Ik-he is still Kaiya's father a-and…" My bangs covered my eyes.
Kusame-kun lifted my chin up, "I'll take care of you Amu-chan, I love you. We can go back to America."
"No! She won't go back to America! She can't!" Utau pulled him away.
Back to America… "I can't-"
Kusame-kun had managed to break free of Utau. "We can go back to America. We can forget what happened here, you'll be happier. We can have our wedding… don't you remember, it's less than 2 months away now. Imagine how happy our friends would be for us, especially my younger sister."
"Not us! We definitely would not be happy! If we have to go to America and object at your wedding, we will! Me, Rima, Kukai, Nagi and Ikuto!" Utau yelled out.
"Why would I?" an all too familiar voice asked. Ikuto walked into the building.
Ikuto POV (the one we've all been waiting for :P)
I had dropped Arya off at her house since she started feeling a bit sick again. Her parents thanked me for taking care of her for all these months. The first time I met her was when I was walking in the park, reliving the memories I shared with Amu.
~Flashback- April 21~
I walked down along the pathway slowly, my eyes looking at my feet the whole time. Why did she have to go? I wouldn't have minded if she stayed and didn't have abortion. I would choose her over my job any day… I love her and always will. I would take responsibility of our baby… but how can I? I don't even know where she is anymore. What sort of a boyfriend am I, that I have no idea where his girlfriend is…she could be anywhere in the world!
A hint of pink caught my eyes. Amu! There she sat, her back faced towards me, slouched down. I walked closer, Amu…Amu… As I got closer I realised something was different. The hair, it looked…lighter. Perhaps it's just the sunlight.
"Amu!" I called out. She didn't turn around, instead she stayed in her position, moving only her feet to move her forwards and backwards slightly. "Amu!" I called louder, yet still she didn't respond. I was within a metre of her now. I stretched my arm, touching her lightly on her shoulder. But when she turned around it wasn't the blushing, golden eyed face I wanted to see, but a tear-streaked face with swollen amethysts coloured eyes. It wasn't her… I felt my heart die more, my hopes had been raised and then killed in a second.
"Sorry." I mumbled before turning around. The sun was setting and I needed to get back before Utau realises I was gone and freak out. The girl returned to her former slouching position. I turned back to face her. "Are you okay?"
She turns around to face me and before I know it she starts to pour out her heart whilst crying. I didn't get much of it, only that she and her boyfriend broke up because he had to move to another country and the long-distance relationship just wasn't working for them. As well as something about how much she loved the guy.
~End of flashback~
Every time I visited that park again she would be there, and after a few days we became friends. A few weeks later she asked me out, she needed the distraction from thinking about her ex, and I needed a distraction from thinking about Amu, though I never told her. It hurt too much, the feeling of loving someone who had left you. Even after I started to date her, Amu always lingered in my mind. Now, she was back, engaged and with her fiancé's baby. Kusame Tanaka, the CEO of his father's company and her fiancé was here as well, and they looked like they loved each other. They nearly made out in the park for god's sake!
I decided to head to Utau and Rima's studio. Nikaido said he had something to tell me and he was most likely there with his own fiancé. What's with everyone getting married these days? And I'm sure we won't have to wait long before Kukai and Nagi propose. As I neared the building I saw Nikaido and Sanjo-san standing awkwardly outside.
He waved to me, "Hey Ikuto, you can wait inside if you want."
"Utau and everyone else are in there as well." Sanjo-san added. I nodded slightly at them and then headed to the doors.
I heard Utau yelling before I even got there. "No! She won't go back to America! She can't!" She yelled. I moved closer to the glass doors, Sanjo-san was right everyone was there, even Amu and her beloved fiancé.
Utau looked outraged. Kukai, Nagi and Rima were looking on, and Amu had her head down again holding Kaiya. Tanaka was holding both her hands, my stomach felt tight. "We can go back to America. We can forget what happened here, you'll be happier. We can have our wedding… don't you remember, it's less than 2 months away now. Imagine how happy our friends would be for us, especially my younger sister."
My feet froze; I was half-way through the door. So the wedding really was still on… she must be happy… she was going to marry the father of her daughter. My stomach felt tight again, but much worse than before. I wondered whether or not to tell Arya, for some reason she almost always changes the topic when it's about Amu and Tanaka, but she seemed perfectly fine when it isn't about him.
"Not us! We definitely would not be happy! If we have to go to America and object at your wedding, we will! Me, Rima, Kukai, Nagi and Ikuto!" Utau had her fists clenched by her side.
I spoke up, "Why would I?" Their heads all snapped to face me. I didn't look at anyone in particular. "As long as she's happy…"
"Why would you?" Utau asked incredulously. "Rima, tell my brother a reason why he would." She gestured at her.
"Utau, Ikuto's right, as long as Amu's happy, why would we object?" Rima asked calmly.
"Not you too Rima! Does Amu look happy?" Utau flustered.
"She did when she saw him at the park…" I muttered to myself.
"I can make her happy even if she isn't right now." Tanaka said.
Utau scoffed. "And how would you do that?"
"I-I…"
"Utau… its o-okay." Amu whispered loud enough for us to hear, bangs still covering her eyes. "I…I'm happy, and I do l-love Kusame-kun…"
LPB: blah im so tired now... time to sleep :)
Ikuto: i thought this was an amuto story
LPB: yea it still is, now bye pplz! i can hear my bed calling to me XD
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