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Recap
I stared at him in horror as he slowly slid his legs on the bed I was on, and he pinned me to it, his hands on either side of my head.
He stared down at me, a mischievous twinkle in his dark cobalt eyes.
My cheeks reddened as my eyes widened.
"Shall we continue, Amu?" He breathed seductively.
Great.
Just great.
Chapter 10: Reveal and Renew
Ikuto smirked, making me shiver.
"I-Ikuto," I started, fearing what was going to happen next.
"Amu, it's my turn."
I gulped.
Before I could speak, he pressed his lips against mine extremely eagerly.
I whimpered and shut my eyes tightly (including my lips), trying to wiggle out of his grasp.
His kisses became more urgent, thorough and more force put into it.
And there was one more thing I felt in his urgent, rough kisses.
Passion?
I furrowed my brow.
I tried to kick him, but he was too far away from my legs for me to kick him-I wasn't that flexible.
I stopped, tired, and I was so tired I'd opened my mouth to try to breathe.
Bad decision.
His tongue explored my mouth, and his entrance made my cheeks flush with embarrassment as I tried to gasp for air. "Ik-" I tried to talk, but he kept on kissing me, covering me with kisses. I whimpered once more.
He panted as his hands softly trailed over my neck.
I shivered.
Why wasn't I stopping him? Why wasn't I protesting?
That was two of the questions I had feared to answer the most.
Maybe I couldn't speak because he kept on kissing me? Maybe because he held my arms to restrain myself from hitting him, and his body was too close for me to kick him?
That had to be the reason, right?
I felt so weak from trying to stop him. I'd ran out of energy from trying before. I didn't know what to do!
Ikuto suddenly stopped, and stared intensely at my face.
I was ready to punch him, but I stopped.
He gave me a look I had never seen before, his eyes were pleading, even sad.
"Amu…I'm sorry…I can't control myself…"
What?
The statement made me blush like a tomato.
And quick as lighting, he continued.
I whimpered as he kissed me once more-his tongue exploring my mouth. His hand trailed down my neck and in a minute, he slipped down one strap of my tank top.
I gaped at him, too shocked to do anything.
"Ikuto, what are you doing?! Stop-"
I gasped as I felt his lips pressed against my neck.
He trailed kisses down my neck and he stopped at my chest.
"Ikuto…please..." I pleaded. I couldn't take it. It was too much! I wasn't ready! I didn't want this to happen to me…not now!
He stopped abruptly, and his expression became shocked, alarmed.
He backed away from me, his eyes dripping with guilt. "Amu…I-" He stopped, ran his hand through his hair, and walked quickly out the door, and shut it.
I sat up on my bed, my eyes wide. I could still feel my cheeks burning as I slipped back my strap, dazed on what just happened.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
My heart was still accelerating, and there were butterflies in my stomach.
There was something about Ikuto when that happened. His expression was…sad.
Before I knew it, my curiosity took over me. I wanted to know more about Ikuto.
I slipped out of my bed, grabbed some clothes, took a deep breath, and walked to the bathroom to take a shower.
I dropped my clothes in surprise as I saw myself in the mirror.
My cheeks were bright red and there was a wild look in my eyes I've never seen before. My hair was messed up and my clothes were disheveled.
I gasped when I saw a few red marks on my neck.
I blushed and tried to think of a way to cover it at school.
A scarf, maybe? Hm…
I sighed and stared at myself again. Who knew Ikuto could be so…perverted. Well, I knew he was perverted, but he really proved it just now…
I sighed and as I got into the shower, I thought about what he had said.
"Amu…sorry…I can't control myself…"
My cheeks burned once again at the memory. What did he mean by that?
I groaned in frustration.
This was all too confusing!
The Next Day
Ikuto's POV
I sighed as I slammed my hand on the alarm. I lazily looked up to see the time.
Well, that's good. I wanted to go to school early because I wasn't ready to see Amu yet.
I grimaced as the memory reappeared in my mind.
I ruffled my hair. She probably hates me now. Probably thinks I'm a sick pervert who'd rape her.
I rolled my eyes, but I wouldn't blame her. Stupid hormones, stupid…
Everything was confusing. There was too much going on, my sudden loss of control and the reappearance of the Esper.
You might've expected me to be mad at her, but I was too tired to rant. It was a waste of time anyway. It was my fault. I should've controlled myself better.
I shook my head and got ready.
Randomly I wondered how Utau was and how long it would be until her debut.
I hoped she was okay, (well, she's my sister) and dressed up for school.
At School
I walked to school like normal times, with my bag lazily slung over my shoulder.
The school was buzzing as usual, people talking to each other and glancing at me occasionally. I walked to the courtyard where no one usually was, but to my surprise, a girl was there, sitting on a white bench. She stood up and faced in my direction.
My eyes widened.
The moment I looked at her, the moment the memories that were once blurry cleared as if they were new.
It was Alice.
I was speechless, too shocked. She appeared in front of me. The person who cursed me.
She hasn't changed.
She had knee length, long, lush pink hair that was curled delicately at the tips. It wasn't as bright pink as Amu's, but it was dark enough to be mistaken for red orange.
Her eyes were large and pink, and when I looked into her eyes it seemed as if she saw right through me and as if she'd been through a lot.
Her glittering, dark red rose clip was placed on the side of her face that kept back her bangs. Her skin was pale and creamy.
She was wearing our school uniform.
She smiled and beckoned for me to come over.
I took a deep breath and walked over.
My mind was in a buzz. This was too shocking. I mean, she appears out of nowhere in my school?!
"Ikuto, you haven't changed," She said, in her small voice I had heard on the phone. She still smiled.
I glanced at her.
"You're Alice." I stated bluntly.
Her smile widened and she nodded.
"You remember everything now, don't you?" Alice replied, staring at the sky.
Instead of the sky, I stared at the grass. "Of course I do. But seriously this curse-this curse is seriously messed up," I grunted, frowning at her.
Her smile faded. "I knew you were going to say that."
She tucked her hair behind her ear and sighed. "You did sort of deserve it. You are going to thank me some day."
I raised my eyebrow and I grimaced. "Thank you? Because of this curse, I can't seem to control myself around Amu, and because of that, Amu seems to hate me as I hate myself for what I've done!" I whispered furiously.
Alice looked at me, her face serious.
"Ikuto, let me ask you this. Do you regret meeting Amu?"
I opened my mouth to answer, but then I quickly closed it. I thought about it for a while.
"No," I mumbled, embarrassed.
Alice's face slightly lit up. "Good. Because, you see, this may sound confusing, but your curse was sort of like a punishment and a reward."
I raised my eyebrow.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
She rolled her eyes.
"Don't you get it, Ikuto? Because of your curse, it enabled you somehow to realize who your true love is. Because of that, you'd meet your true love sooner, and because you had the curse, it brought Amu unconsciously to meet you. It sounds weird and unbelievable, but its true. That's the thing with curses. It speeds up the meeting times, if people are going to meet on a later date." Alice took a deep breath after this, and waited.
I blinked.
"You're right about the confusing part, for sure. Well, I guess…uh…thanks?" I said stupidly, trying to take this in.
Alice laughed. "I'm not your enemy, Ikuto. I'm here to help you. I'm an expert in love." She grinned.
I grimaced, it seemed to early to think about love between me and Amu.
But I did feel relieved that she wasn't my enemy. It wasn't really good to have a powerful being trying to vaporize you.
By the way, that reminds me…
"Alice, not that I don't trust you or anything, but could you show me some of your powers?"
Alice frowned. "I can't show my powers to a human. You've already got a taste of it anyway, when I called you. I was right about how interesting events start to occur, wasn't I?" Alice smirked.
I blinked, and it made sense.
"Oh, alright."
Alice turned her head to a direction behind me and smiled. "Nice talking to you in person, Ikuto. I'm going to take a class at this school, but I'm not in yours. But remember, I'm helping you." She got up and grabbed her bag.
"You're leaving? It's not even class time yet." I wanted to ask her more questions about Amu and I.
Alice smiled wider. "Amu's coming. I don't want her to misunderstand." She waved, and she walked off, disappearing into the hall.
I sighed. That was unexpected.
Before I saw Amu, I could feel the hormones pounding up.
I sighed, tightening my hands together in restraint.
Here she comes.
I got up and my eyes widened when I saw Amu.
She had a pink and black scarf covering her neck, and her honey eyes widened when she saw me.
Well, I sort of understood why she wore a scarf.
I remembered when that happened, too.
I sighed and waved at her.
She blushed, to my delight, and stomped off to her way to class.
I chuckled.
The bell rang, so I went off towards where Amu went, and prepared for even more excruciating hormones to come.
During Class
Well, this was awkward.
I glanced at her occasionally during class, trying to ignore the hormones which were begging me to touch her, to ask her why she was so uneasy around me.
I tightened my legs together and tried to figure out what she was feeling.
Her eyes seemed irritated and her brow was furrowed, and she tightened her scarf a bit more. Her face still seemed flushed.
Her eyes shifted to me, but I didn't avert my gaze as usual.
I stared her down, and her cheeks burned red. I whispered quietly,
"I'm sorry about last night."
My brow furrowed, and I felt so ashamed of myself and so sorrowful it was probably shown well on my face.
Amu's POV
He looked so…sad. At the look he gave me, his piercing blue eyes tinted with sadness, his brow furrowed, his lips in a frown, his cheeks slightly pink, I forgot all my grudges against him for a moment.
He was really…sorry.
I blushed on what I was about to do. But I wanted to hug him. It was as if he was this sad boy, that I would want to comfort and make him feel better. He was like a sad puppy dog. So I couldn't resist.
Ikuto's POV
At first her face was shocked.
Then, to my surprise, her cheeks reddened and her eyes softened, and her face revealed a pure, soft smile.
She whispered. "I forgive you."
My eyes widened as she smiled softly at me, and gently grabbed my hand.
I felt my cheeks warm up.
So this was the soft side of Amu.
I tried to ignore the pounding hormones, begging me to grab her hand and pull her to kiss me.
Amu's POV
He seemed so sad before. I wanted to make him feel better. And he was really sorry. I was happy for that.
I blushed when his fingers tightened around mine.
I let go, and pursed my lips as I blushed red. I put my hands on my lap.
Wh-why did I do that? That was…well…Ikuto's a jerk! He's just a jerk. Nothing more.
I lowered my eyelids slightly. Well…I guess part of him's not. I mean, that face he showed me, well, its really convincing. It actually convinced me to hold his hand to try to comfort him…
I blushed as I felt his gaze on me.
I quickly glanced at him and looked back at the chalkboard.
He was smirking. Smirking!
After School
Ikuto's POV
"Rima!" I called, as she was walking down the hall.
She kept on walking. "What is it?" I tried to keep up with her, and eventually I finally was walking next to her.
"I met the Esper."
She stopped dead in her tracks and stared at me, her mouth dropping open.
She tucked a blonde, curly strand behind her ear.
"What? Are you serious?" She whispered, clearly flabbergasted.
I nodded. "It's unbelievable, but its true. I met her."
"Tell me everything."
After I finished explaining, she looked at me with cautious eyes.
"Does she like you?"
I snorted. "I doubt she has a serious crush on me. Besides, she put this curse on me. She said I deserved it."
Rima nodded. "You might be right."
She sighed and wiped her forehead. "Phew. I didn't want to have another rival for Amu. A love triangle is already stressing."
"Besides, don't you have a rival, too?" Rima smirked as my face curled up into anger as I thought about Tadase.
"I knew it was Tadase. You threw bread at his head. You're lucky everyone including Amu is oblivious. I was one of the only ones who noticed."
"Kukai sat next to me. So he noticed." I added, and she nodded. "I know."
"So you're a really good observer or something?"
She rolled her eyes. "Of course I am. I'm good enough to figure out what you are going to do next with Amu."
My eyes widened with interest.
"What is it?" I asked, and Rima smirked as she told me what I should do.
My eyes widened when she finished.
"It's an old move, but I can add things new to it." I smirked as Rima's expression remained unsurprised.
"Good luck," She added, and waved as I walked away, trying to find Amu. I smirked as I thought what I was going to do. And after finding Amu, I would buy two tickets to a "scary" movie that would have her clinging on to me. And after that…well…
I smirked.
This was going to be fun.
I ran into Amu infront of the classroom.
My excitement totally took control over my hormones, but my hormones still appeared.
But they were telling me I have to do this. I have to. It's the perfect chance.
Her eyes widened, she was blushing. Probably remembering what happened in class. I smirked.
"I-Ikuto," She murmured. "What's going on? You look like you just won a million bucks," She asked.
I smirked wider. "Listen, I really want to watch this movie coming out. You see, it's really cool, and I wanted to invite you."
Her eyes widened and her face lit up. "Really? Thanks, Ikuto! What movie is it?" She asked eagerly.
"Paranormal Activity." (A/N: This is a real movie. I DO NOT OWN IT.)
Her eyes widened and her face paled.
Heh, so she'd heard of this movie.
"B-b-but I heard that was the scariest movie of 2009!" Amu stuttered.
"What? You scared?" I sneered, and her face paled even more, but she furrowed her brow. "Of course not! I'm going!" She blushed in embarrassment.
I smirked. "Okay, let's go tonight."
She nodded quickly. "T-Tonight."
9:00 P.M.
The movie theatre buzzed as I walked in, Amu walking at my side. My hormones were still raging, but I did my best to avoid it. Besides, I'm saving it all for later…
"Two tickets for 'Paranormal Activity," I spoke in the window. The girl, with chest length chestnut hair and a small clip at the side, nodded and gave me the tickets. To my surprise, she winked and mouthed, "Call me."
What the hell?
I glanced at Amu and her eyes were narrowed suspiciously. "What the…" She whispered.
She grabbed the tickets out of my hands. "Hey-Amu," I started, but Amu looked on the back of both tickets.
One of them had a phone number. And after the phone number was a heart.
Amu narrowed her eyes. She walked off ahead to the ticket person.
I raised my eyebrow as I followed her. Does this mean she's possibly…jealous?
My hormones raged at the temptation to tell her its alright, its okay, I'm never going to go with that girl anyway.
I took in a breath, trying to swallow back all of the hormones, and walked on.
The ticket person (Yup, I don't know what it's called…) ripped part of the tickets and gave us a part of it. "Theatre 17," He said blankly, and before I could get my ticket, Amu stuffed it all in her pocket.
I sighed.
"What? Disappointed?" She muttered, her face red and her eyes irritated.
I chuckled. "Not really. I'm just trying to take your jealousness in."
I smirked, and Amu blushed. She elbowed me in the arm. "I'm not jealous!" She scoffed.
I folded my arms, mainly because her touch made me feel such an exhilarating feeling that I had to stop myself.
I tried to smirk, but it was probably twitching. "Of course you aren't," I replied sarcastically.
She groaned, but as I opened the door of Theatre 17, her face paled as we walked into the darkness of the theatre.
Half an Hour Later
I yawned. This wasn't really scary at all.
Though, to my delight, Amu was clinging on to me, as I suspected she would.
I could hardly relax, though.
She grabbed my arm tightly near her chest.
Near her chest.
I inwardly groaned. Little did she know I could feel almost everything. So it was insanely hard to control.
I held back a moan as she grabbed on to me harder.
Dammit.
I felt it. Her freaking n-
Okay, this is going to sound weird.
Her freaking nipple.
Gah. It sounded weird even to me.
Anyways, as I tried to restrain myself, I tried to pay attention to the movie.
(Beware of slight spoilers of the movie below)
The couple was sleeping, first of all, for a while. And then all of a sudden, some kind of air bubble drifted out of nowhere and the woman was dragged out of her bed.
Amu grabbed on to me even more. She whimpered.
Another Half an Hour Later
I sighed. I couldn't take it any longer! She was holding on to me so tightly it was freaking almost impossible to stop controlling.
I breathed deeply. Calm down, Ikuto, calm down…just a few more scenes…
(Again, beware of slight spoilers of the movie below)
The girl in the movie pretty much stood up over her bed, watching creepily over the guy during the recording of the guy's camera. Then it sped up, her getting up and back into bed as she just stood there for hours and hours…
Not really creepy.
Then during the day, the frame of him and the girl was broken. And the broken part was on his face.
I yawned.
Amu whimpered even louder.
"I-I-Ikuto," She whimpered.
Yes! This had to be the moment. Finally.
"I-I can't take it anymore!" She buried her face into my arm.
I gulped.
I decided to try to take advantage of the moment.
I wrapped my arms around her, letting her hide into my chest.
"It's okay Amu," I whispered into her ear, trying hard not to bite it.
I pressed my lips against her forehead.
"Want to go home?" I whispered again, and she fiercely nodded.
I wrapped my arm tightly around her waist, trying hard not to do anything else, as we walked off from the theatre and went to go home.
I opened the door of the car and shut the door. I got my keys and turned on the engine.
Amu opened the door beside me and shut it.
I started driving.
Geez…I could see Amu's figure trembling. The movie must've scared her a lot.
"I-Ikuto, I-I c-couldn't handle it," She stuttered slowly and trembling, as if she was trying hard not to admit defeat. But she did.
I smirked, but then it filled me with sadness as she was trembling there, scared.
I wanted to comfort her.
"It's okay, Amu. I'll be with you, okay? The movie isn't real," I told her.
She shivered. "I-I know. B-But still, it was recorded like a h-home movie," She whispered.
"Amu, you'll be fine. I'll be with you. No ghost will get past me," I pleaded.
Amu shivered still.
I stopped the car, we'd finally arrived home.
I got out of the car. "C'mon, Amu,"
Amu nodded, and slowly got out of the car, and immediately stayed close to me.
I glanced at her.
Her face was red from blushing, but her face was also pale. Her eyes were tinted with fear and her lips quivered.
"B-But you know, I wasn't really scared!" She whispered furiously.
I chuckled. "By the way you look now, I'm not really going to believe that."
I opened the door and turned on the lights.
I yawned. "I'm sleepy," I sighed. "I'm going to go to sleep."
I inwardly smirked. Little did she know what I was planning.
Amu's eyes widened, and then her brow furrowed.
"O-okay," She murmured.
I nodded as she followed me upstairs and got ready for bed in the bathroom as she got ready in the other bathroom.
I went into my door as Amu went into hers.
Amu looked carefully at me, her eyes still full of fear. "G-goodnight," She murmured.
"Night," I yawned, and I shut the door.
I grinned.
She's going to come. I know it.
I quickly went into my bed and waited.
After about ten minutes, someone knocked on my door.
I flew out of bed, grinning like crazy.
I opened the door, and there she was, the pounding hormones raging at me now since it was now the moment.
"I-Ikuto," She muttered, looking like she couldn't sleep.
I tried to emphasize I was sleeping by rubbing my eyes.
"What is it?"
"C-c-can I sleep with you?" She finished, her blush becoming so bright I could see it's color at night.
I smirked, glad it was dark so she couldn't see it.
"Sure, Amu."
I still felt sorry for her, though.
She was like a little lost puppy, and I'd taken her home. It was also as if she was a little kid again. But, in my eyes, she was still Amu.
And again, I wanted to comfort her.
She sighed in relief. "Lock the door," She whispered.
"Huh?"
"I said lock the door, idiot," She groaned.
I chuckled as I locked it.
"Better?"
She sniffled and nodded.
I slipped into bed as she slipped into mine.
I tried to ignore the annoying temptation. Not now Ikuto…not now….
She moved closer into my chest, and I sighed.
I wrapped my arms around her again, trying to help my hormones a little bit.
The hormones still raged, but I was glad to be able to touch her.
"I-Ikuto," She whispered.
"Yeah?" I whispered back.
"Make sure you beat up any ghost that tries to get me," She whispered with seriousness, and I laughed.
"Promise?" She whimpered.
I smiled.
"Yeah, I promise." I replied, and I felt the truth in my words.
"Good," She whispered into my chest, and I pulled her closer to me, but she didn't notice.
This felt good.
And Amu probably did thought so, too.
Now she thought of me as her protector. She trusted me more.
I smirked looked at Amu's sleeping figure, trying not to react because of my pounding hormones.
Now for tomorrow…
I frowned while thinking. I sighed and tried to sleep while Amu was in my arms.
Something was telling me more was to come.
I looked at Amu again.
I must ask too much of Amu once more. My hormones pounded.
Amu…
I'm not sure if I could control myself until morning.
So get ready.
Aya: Oh yes! Woo! A lot happened in this chapter, yes? One of my longest chapters, 11 pages! =D
Ikuto: WOO! HELL YEAH! THIS IS JUST FREAKING AWESOME! =3
Amu: What. The. Hell.
Aya: Amu, it's not like I made your lifetime job as a stripper.
Ikuto: *sparkling eyes* Hey, that's a good idea. You should put that in.
Amu: NOOOOO!!
Aya: Eh, I won't go that far. That's way too off of Amu's character.
Amu: She's right!
Aya: Anyways, hope you enjoyed! Ikuto, do the honors please!
Ikuto: Gotcha. Please REVIEW for the next chapter! ;]