Next Chapter is up :) sorry for the late update but here it is :)
Recap:
What was she thinking, the only thing Kukai could do was clear his throat getting the other two adult's attention. Upon seeing the look the little girl had Amu and Tadase didn't know what to do, knowing that she had heard their conversation.
A very uncomfortable silence surrounded them waiting for Akane's response.
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"Sweetie, are you okay?"asked Amu breaking the silence. The little pinkette just stared at her for a while. "Mommy, are you going to go out with uncle Tadase?"
"Would that be okay with you?" asked Amu leaving the answer up to her little girl. Akane looked at Tadase then at her mom, and she just nodded a yes in reply. Tadase smiled and gave Akane and hug, lifting her up in the air and spinning her around, this in turn caused the little girl to giggle.
"Mommy, uncle Tadase is very funny!"exclaimed Akane and she ran and hugged her mom's legs. "I know right!" exclaimed Kukai earning a playful punch from Tadase, which caused Amu to laugh. Oh how she missed those guys.
So the day went by with Kukai playing with Akane or with Akane drawing on Tadase's office while he worked or Akane looking at her mom working. "So, see you guys tomorrow, and you little miss I hope I get to see you soon, take care of your mom for me!"exclaimed Kukai as he ran to his motorcycle because he was late for his date with the one and only Hoshina Utau.
That left a blonde and two pinkettes outside the New Tech Company building. "Do you want me to give you guys a ride?"asked Tadase motioning towards the parking lot where his car was. "No its okay, we've bothered you a lot already, and I would like a walk too, but thanks" replied Amu with a smile. "Are you sure?" he asked again. "I'm positive" smiled Amu. "Okay, so I'll call you later about our date" Amu nodded in reply , and took Akane's hand and started walking home.
"Mommy?" said the little pinkette tugging at Amu's hand. "Yeah, what's up?" replied Amu. "If you are going to go out with uncle Tadase, will we still see Ikuto?" Amu was about to reply but someone cut her off, "What were you saying about me?"
Akane turned around and as soon as she saw the blue haired man, she ran and jumped into his arms, "Ikuto! I'm sorry! Could you still go and play with me?" asked the little girl giving the man little kisses oh his cheeks. "Of course!" he replied tickling her. "YAY! Mommy, Ikuto isn't mad at me anymore!" exclaimed the little girl happily. "That's great Akane" said Amu turning around and walking towards to the two.
"So what were you guys talking about me?"asked Ikuto putting Akane down. "That…That—" "That mommy is going to go out with uncle Tadase, and I was asking if we were still going to see you!" exclaimed Akane happily. "Oh I see…"sighed Ikuto. "It's just a friend outing" blurted Amu tucking some of her pink locks behind her ear. "Yeah it's okay" replied Ikuto followed by an awkward silence, "So would you guys want to go eat ice cream?" "Yes!" exclaimed Akane. "Oki dokes!"
The three of them started walking towards the ice cream parlor. Ikuto was holding on to Akane's right hand, and Amu to her left hand. On the way there, they played "I spy", or they told jokes, or they just swung Akane. Little did they know that a certain petite blonde had been walking behind them all the time questioning herself if those people in front of her were who she thought they were.
When she saw them enter the ice cream parlor where her husband worked, and then greet her husband in a friendly manner, she knew it had to be her long-lost friend. So the petite, though not very athletic, ran as fast as she could to the parlor. With a loud bang of the door and the three adults already in the parlor turned around. "Rima?" exclaimed Nagihiko surprised. But the said person ignored him. She walked towards the pink haired woman and with not much above a whisper she choked out,"Amu?"
Amu was speechless, her bestest of friends was standing in front of her. She got out of her shock when she saw a hand waving in front of her, "Amu, are you going to say hi to your friend?" asked Ikuto motioning his head to Rima."Uh, um, yeah, sorry Rima, I was just too shocked to see you all of a sudden" scratching her head and laughing nervously, because who knew what this little person could do when she was angry. "AMU!" exclaimed the blonde hugging the pink haired woman tightly and sniffling softly, "Why did you leave and without saying goodbye or any reasons! Now here you are talking to Nagi, who's supposed to be your best friend? ME! So you should have talked to me first instead of the stupid Nagi!" "Rima, sweetie, you know I'm here listening to everthing" said Nagi with a nervous smile on his face. "YEAH, SO! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME AMU WAS BACK?" lashed out Rima to the poor Nagihiko.
"Rima, I told him not tell you yesterday, because I wanted to see you so that you knew I was back, not by someone telling you that I was back" smiled Amu. Rima glared as Nagi, "She saved you this time."
"So how have you been?"asked the blonde pulling the pinkette to a booth to sit down, leaving the two males and the unnoticed girl behind. Amu was debating on whether or not to break the news to Rima that she had a daughter now, she thought it would be best now, "Well you know it's not easy to raise a child alone" "Yeah I know…wait WHAT? A CHILD?" exclaimed Rima her eyes almost bulging out. At this the two males sat down next to them. Ikuto sat down next to Amu with Akane on his lap, and Nagihiko sat next to Rima.
"Y-yeah, this is my daughter" said Amu pointing to her daughter whose face was hiding in Ikuto's chest because Rima was scaring her with all the yelling, "Say hi Akane." "It's going to be okay, if Tiny wants to do something to you I'll protect you" said Ikuto, and so slowly the said pinkette started turning to see the woman, "H-hi."
Rima ignored what Ikuto had said and smiled sweetly at the child, "Hello, I'm Rima, sorry if I scared you earlier" Akane looked at Nagi and he just smiled and nodded giving the little girl some sort of confidence, so she smiled brightly and replied, "It's okay!" Rima squealed, "OH MY GOSH! She's so cute! You can call me Aunty Rima!"
Akane just giggles and nodded, "I like Aunty Rima!" Now that she was comfortable with everyone around her, she asked for ice cream and played with Ikuto's big hands, leaving the adults to their own conversation. "So, how have…WAIT! Alone?" asked Rima remembering that little piece of information that Amu had said.
"Yeah" replied the pinkette a little nervous. "That bastard! How could he leave you alone, and with his child?" murmered Rima angrily. "No Rima he's not at fault, it was me. Me, okay! When I knew I was pregnant I just left, I didn't want to burden anyone so I thought it was best to 'start over' in another place, but now I'm back," explained the big pinkette with a weird want-to-be smile on her face. Rima was going to continue asking more questions about the matter, but Nagihiko sensing that his friend didn't want to talk about it anymore changed the topic, "So darling what did you do today?"
The said person gave a skeptical look, but none the less answered, "Well I went to get an outfit for the girl outing this weekend…OH AMU! You should go! Utau, Yaya, and I are going." Amu giggled at how even though she left for 5 years, everything was back to normal with her friends, "I would love to but…"she trailed away looking at Akane who was now giving Ikuto some weird looking hairdo's. The petite knowing where this was getting at instantly said, "Oh not a problem! Nagi and the guys can take care of her, right Nagi?" she asked her husband sweetly with a don't-you-dare-say-otherwise look on her baby doll face.
"Of course, and I bet Akane wouldn't mind spending time with all her uncles right?" he asked. The little girl in reply shook her head, continuing Ikuto's hairdo, "But can Ikuto go too?"
"If he wants to to"replied Nagi turning to Ikuto for his response. "I would love to" smiled the said person. "So it's decided!" exclaimed Rima. All the adults started planning the weekend until the little girl informed her mother that she was tired and wanted to get home. So they all said their goodbyes, Ikuto helped Amu with Akane, and just like that Amu's day ended with a big sigh and her eyes giving into sleep.