Author's Note

Depending on what happens as I write, there may be another chapter and there may not be. I'm sorry in the last chapter Ikuto was really out of character… But yeah, sorry about that. Anyway, I hope you enjoy! (I don't own Shugo Chara or anyway of its characters)

Amu's POV

I sat on my bed staring at the covers. A week had passed since Tadase died but I still couldn't get over it. Occasionally, I've seen someone watching me but I ignored him. My parents came in but I ignored them too.

Every day I went to school and sat through my classes. The teachers tried to find out what was wrong with me and sent me to the counselor repeated times. Each time I avoided the questions and after a few days, they finally stopped pestering me. They concluded that I was just in shock and would recover after some time alone.

It was Saturday and it was sunny out. Everybody left me alone, except one person. I kept seeing him out of the corner of my eye and I finally decided to figure out who it was. When I next saw him, I stood up and stalked over to where he was.

I stood against the wall and edged up to the corner where he had appeared. Focusing on that one spot, I silently slipped forward and poked my head around the corner, and saw him.

He stood leaning against the wall, looking at the sky, oblivious to me. I nearly broke down at the sight of his midnight hair and his eyes gazing so forlornly at the sky.

"Ikuto," I choked out. I collapsed onto the floor and stared. He turned and looked at me.

"Amu…" His eyes opened wide at the sight of me. He looked away, looking guilty and fell silent. I watched him, hands in his pockets, looking away from me. And I felt like a key had been put into a locked door, a door I had locked the night Tadase died. All I had to do was turn the key and open the door…

But instead, I threw the key away. It was his fault that Tadase had died, it was all his fault. I stood up and patted the dust off my clothes and put on my "cool and spicy" attitude.

"Hmph, if you have nothing to do here then go away." I stalked back into my room and laid on my bed, looking at the ceiling. I watched out of the corner of my eye as Ikuto slowly walked away. In my heart I really wanted to call out to him, but I couldn't.

Ikuto's POV

I walked away, stretching my legs out. My body was all cramped up from lying in bed for a week as the doctors treated my wounds. And now, there were bandages and scabs all over.

I kept thinking about Amu. Here pink hair, to be honest, I loved her hair. And her eyes… That Tadase, why did he have to die? Tadase was Amu's happiness, take him away and Amu is nothing but a shell.

But what was so special about Tadase? And I knew. Amu loved him that was what made Tadase special. But she hates me. I looked back up at the sky. If I disappeared, Amu wouldn't care. I couldn't even tease her anymore. No one else was as entertaining as Amu.

And so I decided, Amu wouldn't see me anymore. I would disappear from her life, just like she wanted me to. I would go away to a place where I could never return from. The petal of a white rose floated down in front of me. Yes, I would leave, forever.

***5 days later***

Amu's POV

As I walked past brightly light shop windows, heard a commotion somewhere near a tall building. Curious, I wandered over.

"What's going on?" I inquired.

"Someone's going to commit suicide. He's going to jump off the building."

"What? Who?"

"I don't know who he is, but look, you can see him up there."

Immediately, I looked up. There was no mistaking it, the midnight hair, the tall figure.

"No way…" I rushed forward, pushing through the crowd. I raced into the building and dodged past the guards who tried to stop me. I hit the elevator button and waited impatiently. When the elevator arrived, I rushed in and hit the top level. The elevator began to move. "Please, wait for me Ikuto…"

Ikuto's POV

I stood at the top of the building looking up at the sky. I glanced at my watch, five more minutes. The white clouds passed lazily in the air, oblivious to what was happening below them. I could hear the murmuring of the crowd below me. I closed my eyes. Four more minutes.

I thought about jumping. The thought of the air rushing past me was exhilarating. Three more minutes.

I thought about the day and time. My birthdate and the time I was born. Ending my life on the day and time it started. Two more minutes.

I thought about Tadase and Amu. I looked sadly down at the crowd. Amu… but I had already decided to leave her. One more minute.

Amu's POV

Wait for me Ikuto, I willed him in my head, wait just a little longer for me. The elevator kept stopping and I finally just shot out of the elevator and up the stairs the next time it stopped. I raced up and up and up. Ikuto, Ikuto!

Ikuto's POV

50 more seconds. The clouds looked so soft and white. Like white puffy yarn.

30 more seconds. The sky was so blue today. I wonder if it looked like this the day I was born.

10 more seconds. I stared at the watch I had taken with me. The second had moved slowly, so slowly.

5 more seconds. I could hear the birds chirping as they flew through the sky.

2 more seconds. I raised my right foot off the ground and held it above the open air.

1 more second. I shifted my weight, ready to fall.

"Wait! Ikuto!" I felt arms tighten around me and pull me back from the edge. "No, you can't die too." My back went wet. I turned my head and looked over my shoulder. I caught a glimpse of pink hair. I couldn't help but smirk.

"Amu… Oh, does that mean you love me now?" I teased.

"You idiot! So what if I love you? But you can't die. I need you. You can't die like Tadase did." I could feel her trembling, crying into my back. I looked at her hands and laid mine over them. I smiled and slowly took her hands away. Amu looked up at me, her face tear-stained.

"Eh? I-Ikuto? I-I thought you l-loved me…" Her stutter was so cute; she thought I was rejecting her.

Smirking, I replied, "You're hurting me, my scabs are going to break again." Her face went red. I laughed at her, how I always laughed after teasing her. But this time I turned and kissed her on the cheek and whispered into her ear, "I do, I do love you," and watched her face turn an even deeper shade of red.

***A month later***

"Hey, Ikuto, have your wounds healed yet?" Amu asked.

"Yeah," I replied patting her on the head.

"Hey," she said, blushing, "Why did you tease me back then?"

"Because you helped me live through my father's abuse." her blush turned a shade of bright red.

"Don't you ever hide your life like that again! Do you hear me?" Amu through herself against me as she uttered those words.

"Okay, okay, fine whatever you say." I hugged her and left a steaming bright red Amu behind. Teasing Amu was still so fun!

Author's Note

I think this was my longest chapter… I think in this chapter, Ikuto and Amu were sort of OOC. And if you all remember, chapter 9 ended with Ikuto declaring that he would get revenge on his father. I'll just explain it now... His father took away Amu from him and his revenge was getting her back and having her love him. He defied his father and that was his revenge. Well, this is it… only ten chapters! I hope you enjoyed those 10 chapters and I thank all those of you who have read this through to the end and I also thank those of you who reviewed. I have officially finished!

~kewljewl signing off ^.^ have a wonderful rest of your day!