Snowii: Here I am, with a late update, sadly!

Ikuto: She's sorry, so she's gonna make this short.

Amu: Come on, Snowii. Say it.

Snowii: I-I-I'm S-S-S-Sor-r-ry M-Mina!

Ikuto: Wow, who knew that it would take that much stuttering to just say, "I'm sorry". Gosh..

Snowii: I'M SORRY EVERYBODY!!

Amu: There we go. Look, you're learning.

Snowii: Y-Yeah. -blushes-

I'm really just gonna skip the replies this time, and probably do it later. Just not right now. And, also, this chappie might be a bit rushed, so no need to tell me how rushed it is, 'kay? ^^

I really, really, hope you enjoy it.

Snowiisan does not own Shugo Chara!

Recap:
Uh oh..
"How 'bout,"
Not good...
"staying at my place?"

.:snowiisan:.

Amu's POV

I knew it. I knew he was going to say that. So why was there a look of complete shock on my face?

"You've got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed. He smirked.

"Of course not, my beautiful, lovely, Amu."

"Do not emphasize my name!" I flushed.

"Oh, so you would love it if I called you "beautiful and lovely"?" he smirk got even wider. What the hell?!

"Yea-I mean, no! No!" I exclaimed.

"Face it, Amu. You loooovvve me!"

"Let's get back to the subject!"

"Okay, okay." he agreed, calmly.

And back to me freaking out. What if he does something perverted? What if he rapes me in my bed? What if-

"Amu?" he waved his hand in front of my face.

"Huh?" I snapped out of my train of thought.

"Do you agree?" he asked. Well, do I? I mean, I do not have anywhere to go either, so...

"I don't have a choice, Ikuto. You know that." I sighed. He grabbed my hand, and I blushed. He looked straight into my eyes.

"Now that that's decided, you haven't answered my other question yet." he sounded so...so...something. But, his expression was so hard; intent. That same persistent expression again. I reviewed our conversation. Oh, that.

"Um..I-I-" I couldn't finish.

"Amu." he emphasized. I closed my eyes, tight. Suddenly, I felt his grip off of my hand. What would I do? I really didn't want to go, but in the same time, I did. I wanted to know how prom felt like. I wanted to dance, even though I didn't know a crack about it. [A/N: Me too Amu, me too.] I wanted to have my hands around someone. I just never thought it was Ikuto. Kinda a shock there.

"I'm not forcing you."

"Huh?" I answered, unconsciously.

"I'm not forcing you to go to the dance with me." he clarified. He started walking away and it was one of those times where I had to make a decision. Go with him, or not? Which one? I decided to just try it out, like I did with Kukai.

"I'll go!"

He stopped in his tracks and gazed at me.

"What?" he questioned.

"I'll go with you to the dance." I repeated. He pressed his lips in a tight line, then broke out laughing.

"You actually thought I would be that serious with you! Yeah, right!" he started clutching his sides and I felt my cheeks heat up. But, for once, I was glad he wasn't serious. If he was, that would be a big problem with our...I guess you could call it, 'relationship.'

"Hey, Amu? Don't you have to go pack?" he suddenly asked, once he stopped chuckling.

"Oh, shit!" I said, and started running towards the cafeteria door. I hadn't noticed that I was still in the cafeteria. I saw Ikuto walk after me. With his long strides, he could match my pace in no time. Which he did.

"How are you gonna get home?" he asked, teasing clearly in his voice.

"Oh, shit, shit, shit!" I stamped my foot against the dirt, in the parking lot.

"Oi Amu. You do know that I have a car, right?" he asked. I stopped stamping my foot and turned slowly and dramatically, towards him. I smiled my most icy smile I've ever smiled in front of anyone. I swear I saw him flinched a bit. Boo-ya. Point one for Amu. [A/N: LOL! I just had to put that there! Sorry! I find it funny!]

"What the hell, Ikuto!" I screamed and started running towards him, childlike. Once I got there, I started throwing my punches in his stomach. Of course, it didn't hurt him one-freakin'-bit. Crap. Point one for him. [A/N: Lol again!] He grabbed my hands, which were in mid-swing of hurting him like hell (the biggest one I was about to give him), and held them up. He leaned down so that he was same eye level as me.

"Neh, Amu, you don't want to do that, do you?" he smirked and I blushed. As usual. But, why is he the only one who knows my weak point and how does he know what makes me blush?

"W-Why not?" I challenged anyway.

"Because,-" a bigger smirk appeared on his face and I immediately regretted my words.

"-I can do this." he leaned down, and kissed me. Kissed me. Again! Seriously, who kisses someone this many times?! I mean, seriously!

"Iku-stop." I growled between kisses, a little breathless. He lifted his lips off of mine slowly, and I took the time to get a full sentence out.

"I get your point!" I yelled, which caused him to smirk. He should be the king of smirks with how many smirks he does! He probably does, like, 1,000 in a year.

"Well then Amu, I'll pick you up at 6." he started walking towards his car, leaving me dazed as a person can get.

I started swearing right after he left. When his engine started, that's when I remembered.

"Hey! How am I supposed to get home?" I yelled. He drove his car my way, so that the driver seat was facing my way. He rolled down the window and guess what I found? Yup, a smirk implanted on his face.

"Walk." he just said and then, he drove towards the school road.

"Damn it! I hate you Tsukiyomi Ikuto!" I swear I saw him laugh.

But, I had to admit, I was excited and had a warming tingling feeling in my chest.

I couldn't wait.

.:snowiisan:.

Regular POV: Amu's House

[A/N: I just realized that I haven't been adding Rima or Yaya OR any other characters in this. That's what this is mostly about. ^^]

Ding Dong

Amu practically ran to the door to meet her new friend, Rima. They had just started being friends, but they were closer than ever.

"Thanks, Rima for helping me pack." said Amu, motioning for Rima to come into the house. Rima got the signal and thanked Amu.

"I invited Yaya to help us." she said, once they sat down on the couch in the living room. Amu raised her eyebrow.

"Yaya?"

Rima nodded. After a minute of them picturing Yaya how she usually is, childlike; whiny; they started laughing, trying to imagine her do work.

"Do you want hot chocolate?" Amu asked, and Rima just nodded, a small smile of her face. Suddenly, she frowned and looked at Amu.

"Where are your parents?" she asked. Amu went in the kitchen, to get the hot chocolate packets from the cabinets.

"They decided to go out of town for a week or two." Amu said. Rima nodded, digesting this.

"Do you want regular or mint?" Amu asked, holding both packets up with Mint scrawled across one and the other one with, Hot Chocolate across.

"Doesn't matter." Rima said, without even thinking about the question. But, she liked regular and mint, so it didn't really matter either way. Amu decided to go with the mint flavored. She got the milk out of the fridge and the mugs out of the cabinet. She tore the hot chocolate mix, and put Rima's mint one in her mug, and her mix in her mug. Next, she got out the milk pouring that into the cup with the mix. She adjusted the microwave's time, and placed the mugs inside.

"Neh, Amu," Rima started cautiously. Amu turned her head slowly, expecting the question. She actually knew and she was going to dreadfully answer it.

"-who's place are you staying at?" she finished. The microwave beeped, and Amu took that as an opportunity to to stall her answer. She picked up the mugs full of hot chocolate, put three little marshmallows in each cup, and walked into the living room. She placed Rima's mug on the table. Rima raised her eyebrows, knowing that Amu was stalling. She sighed.

"Amu."

This time, Amu sighed.

"I'm staying at Ikuto's place." Amu said.

Rima stifled a a laugh. Amu looked at Rima curiously.

"I knew there was something going on between you two." she murmured, her voice dazed. Amu, however, blushed.

"There's nothing going on between us!" Amu yelled, defensively. Rima finally picked up her cup, and sucked the marshmallows before drinking the chocolate. Amu's mug still lay on the table. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Amu looked at Rima, her face full of alarm.

"Can you please keep this from everybody?" Amu begged. Rima smiled and nodded. Amu breathed a sigh of relief. There was another ding dong on the door.

"Coming!" Amu yelled, and nodded gratefully at Rima. She ran to the door, yanking the chain off, and opened the door. There stood Yaya, with a frown on her face.

Great, Amu thought. Now she's going to throw a tantrum for not opening the door faster. [A/N: I find doing Amu's thoughts in Regular POVs fun. I don't know why...]

"Why didn't Amu-chi or Rima-tan open the door?" she asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Because we were so busy talking and having hot chocolate that we forgot?" Amu tried making up an excuse. Yaya's eyes widened. She pointed an accusing finger at Amu, causing Amu to sweat drop.

"You had hot chocolate without Yaya!" she screamed, her eyes threatening to make tears fall.

"I had one ready for you, Yaya." Amu asked, motioning to her hot chocolate that she was going to drink. But, she decided that she should give her hot chocolate instead of hearing a tantrum and trying to calm her down. Yaya's frown turned to a sheepish smile.

"Sorry, Amu-chii." she whispered, all traces of tears gone, now only eyes sparkling with happiness.

"No problem. Just hurry up and drink, so we can start pack." Amu motioned Yaya inside, towards her living room where Rima was sitting on the couch.

Actually it was a big problem, Amu thought. A big pain in the ass to give you my hot chocolate.

"Meet me guys upstairs when your done, 'kay?" Amu said, as she trudged up the stairs.

She heard a muffled, "Okay!" then shut her door, to lay on her bed, to maybe think about how jacked up her life is. At the same time exciting.

.:snowiisan:.

"I'm done!" Amu exclaimed, holding her backpack on her back. Lately, she's been faster at doing stuff.

"You didn't even need us..." Rima muttered, angry.

"But, it was fun!" Yaya cheered. Amu nodded in agreement.

"It sure was!" Rima said, sarcasm clearly in her voice. Amu and Yaya glared at Rima.

"Rima-ta-" Yaya got cut off when she heard a car horn from outside.

"Crap, guys. That's my que to go. I'll see you later!" Amu ran out of her house, not bothering to lock the door. She knew either Rima or Yaya would lock the door. Most likely Rima, though. When she turned towards Ikuto, he breath almost stopped. Ikuto was standing there, smirking (as usual), with a Lexus. Amu didn't know a lot of things about cars, but the Lexus looked so elegant and new. [A/N: For those of you who don't know what a Lexus is, (which is highly unlikely) it's like, a really, really, expensive car. Like, $40-$60,000]

"Surprised you, huh?" Ikuto smirked even wider.

"I-I just think its nice." Amu said, crossing her arms over her chest. Ikuto chuckled.

"You only have one backpack? What if your period starts this week?"

Amu blushed red. No one has ever talked about her and her period thingy.

"PERVERT!" she screamed. Even though she said that, she still ran towards his car, sitting in there, closing the door. Ikuto chuckled at this. Then, he went to the driver's seat, and closed the door. Once they were both in, Ikuto said,

"Put on your seat belt."

Amu did as he instructed.

"Neh, Ikuto, where'd you get this car from?"

Ikuto's smirk suddenly faltered, and he sighed.

"Money. From parents." he said, his voice serious; his eyes on the road.

"Oh."

Amu hadn't expected that answer.

"Where do you work?" Amu asked. Ikuto glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

"I don't work anywhere."

Amu's expression got confused.

"I'm not catching up." Amu said, finally deciding to give up. She hadn't noticed that they were already at Chiyo Apartments. Ikuto smirked.

"Oh, interested, are we?" he asked. Amu blushed and shook her head vigorously.

"N-No! I'm just asking! Gosh!" Amu sighed, closed her eyes. Her eyebrow twitched.

"Fine. I'll tell you,-" Amu opened her eyes and looked at Ikuto's face which was suddenly close to hers.

"-if you kiss me." he finished. Amu glared at the playful smirk on his lips. She leaned up and kissed Ikuto's cheek. Ikuto recovered from shock, having the playful smirk back on his lips.

"Like I said before, my parents don't live with me. Never contact me,-"

Ikuto stopped to stare and Amu and she nodded, her head encouraging.

"-don't want me. But, they still, at least I think, still care about me. I have a bank account in my name, and they deposit at least $1,000 each week."

Amu's eyes widened in shock.

One thousand dollars, Amu thought, who gives their children that much?

"Wow, I...I never expected that." Amu said.

"Sorry." she muttered. Ikuto's hand suddenly grabbed her chin and he started leaning in-

"S-Stop!" Amu yelled. She was actually sick of him kissing her without a reason. He'd stolen her first, second, and third kiss. She wasn't gonna make her fourth kiss with him, again. Ikuto smirk still stayed on his face, but when he looked Amu's face, it was immediately riped off.

"Sorry, I just-" Amu stopped, then opened the car door, leaving her backpack, and ran out into the now dark, moonless, sick of everything. Sick of him.

Why does he always do this? Amu thought. Why? And without a reason?

.:snowiisan:.

Ikuto's POV

What did I just do? I know I was about to kiss her, but...

I mean, her eyes were closed so tight, and her, lips were pressed together. Why did I lean down and just, kiss her? Well, at least, try too. I ran a hand through my hair. Let's review my options, shall we?

1: I might like teasing her more than I thought.
2: I just, maybe, felt like it.

Or

3: I probably love her.

I decided to go with number three. Well, this just makes me life a whole lot more complicated.

Snowii: I'm sorry! Again! And like promised, the next chappie is going to be updated sometime next week.

Ikuto: So...you single? -asks audience-

Amu: Ikuto!

Snowii: Amu....

Amu: -realizes- Oh, crap.

Snowii: Yup, you could say that again.

Amu: Oh, crap.

Snowii: -.-;; Its only a saying...

Ikuto: So, Amu, you like me, huh?

Snowii: Well, let's just skip this 'cause we all know that after this Ikuto is gonna do something perverted, then Amu would blush, and on and on and on. :]


Question Corner: I forgot to do that for the last one, so extra questions!

1: Did you like the chappie? (Answer for this and the other one I didn't ask questions about.)

2: If you could have anything in the world right now, what would it be?

For me, the news reporters to shut up about those Muslims and a whole bucket of ice cream! ;D

3: Do you miss MJ? (Micheal Jackson)

I do! I do, I do, I do! T.T

4: Are you sick and tired of your home?

I sure am.

5: Have you ever been grouned? [A/N: Sort of a, "Well, duh!" question. XD]

In my family, groundess doesn't go in our family. XD

P.S. I also have a favor to ask you. Could you go to my profile and do the poll? You know, that, "If I changed my name, what should it be?" because I think, I'm planning on changing my name. You can decide to keep it, or make me change it. Thanks!

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