Wow! 30 Reviews already! I guess when i threaten people with spoons they really are intimidated!
Everyone: ...
I guess i won't underestimate the power of the readers from now on.
Anyway people, in this you have quite a lot of pervertedness, not enough to frighten the innocent minded-- ah who am i kidding, i doubt any of you readers are innocent minded. Not with Ikuto around...
Ikuto: Hey!
Anyway enjoy the chapter! I did!
Ikuto: I've read it and as much as I love it I must ask, how do you know about this stuff when you're under 16?
(Shrugs) I read a lot of manga and stories...
Amu: Do your parents know you read that kind of stuff?
...Um... Let's begin the chapter.
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The next morning when Amu awoke to find herself lying on the floor she sat up, a slight headache appeared but she ignored it.
Looking around she found Tadase sleeping next to her, at first she was afraid they had slept together but when she found their clothes both on she dismissed the thought.
Although she could only remember the kiss and they had most probably not done any more she felt guilty, even if she had sent Ikuto away she still loved him.
She should have never kissed Tadase... then again, did she kiss him back?
She couldn't remember, all she could recall was him kissing her and herself freezing to the spot. After that it was blank.
Stupid alcohol.
Checking the time she found it to be eight in the morning, everyone would be asleep though considering they had all stayed up late and most would have hangovers – god knows she did from the splitting headache.
Tip-toeing down the stairs she opened the front door and closed it behind her, letting out a sigh of relief she turned around only to find Ikuto standing there.
"I-Ikuto!" she gasped.
Ikuto stared at her, "Amu..."
"H-have you been waiting here all this time?" she murmurred.
Ikuto nodded.
Amu shook her head, "Well I don't want to see you, you can't just leave then come back and expect..."
Her voice trailed off as Ikuto pull her into a hug, "I'm sorry." he replied.
"I...ku...to." she whispered.
Ikuto hugged her tighter, "I had to go, mine and Utau's mother was ill so we went to visit her."
Amu felt tears forming and pressed her face against his chest, "Then why didn't you tell me!"
"Because if I told you you'd be upset. I didn't even think I'd be gone so long, I told Utau to remain silent as I wanted to speak to you myself."
"What, so you just decided to leave me in the dark!?" she cried.
Ikuto released her and pulled her away so he could look down at her face, "I'm sorry Amu; I won't ever leave you again."
Amu sniffed, "Y-You promise?
Ikuto nodded, "I promise to never leave you."
Pulling her into a hug Amu smiled weakly and replied, "And I promise to not ever leave you."
As the two kissed one another Amu had no idea that she'd break her promise so soon afterwards...
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As Amu entered her apartment she walked into the bedroom and emptied the bag of its contents. She bit her lip and lifted the main item – an outfit.
Checking her time she found she still had a while till she picked Amulet up.
Deciding to try it on she changed into it.
Glancing at her wardrobe mirror she flushed red, it looked even more revealing when worn.
Was she really going to wear this in front of Ikuto?
Amu sighed.
You may be wondering why Amu was in this situation, well....
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"Huh, shopping?" Amu asked.
From the other end of the phone Rima replied, "Yeah, tomorrow, what do you think?"
Amu frowned, "I'm meeting Ikuto tomorrow."
From the silence Amu could imagine Rima narrowing her eyes, "Well meet him some other time."
"But I promised..." Amu murmurred.
There was a sigh, "Amu the two of us have hardly had any time by ourself, and anyway I need to be filled in on Kukai's proposal."
Amu bit her lip, it was true.
In all the time she had been here she had had little time with Rima, just the two of them. There had always been someone else aswell.
Sighing in defeat Amu spoke, "I guess I'll rearrange my time with Ikuto some other time then."
"Perfect!" Rima said, "Oh and you may not want to bring Amulet."
"Huh how come?" Amu asked, she hadn't planned on it anyway as Rima had said just the two of them. She had been planning to let Nagehiko, Tadase or Yaya look after her.
"Well let's just say..." Rima replied, "We may be going in some... unsuitable shops."
Amu's eyebrows lifted into an arch and in a stern voice she went on, "Rima...
What exactly is this shopping trip?"
"It's a surprise. I'll meet you at the mall tomorrow noon, bye."
As Rima hung up Amu swallowed, when it had been her 18th birthday she had allowed Rima to take her into some shops.
She shuddered at the memories, although Rima may seem innocent enough, she sure knew some things.
It made her wonder how Rima and Nagehiko relationship was when nobody was looking.
"Mommy?"
Amu glanced to the side to see Amulet.
"Mmmm?" she asked.
Amulet smiled, "There's a fairground all this week, I wanna go."
Amu nodded, "'kay, do you want me to take you or one of my friends?"
Amulet thought for a moment then said, "Me want Nage to take me."
Amu sweatdropped, I guess I'm no longer her No.1
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"I'm here." Amu said walking towards Rima in the shopping mall.
Rima smiled, "So Ikuto didn't mind?"
Amu's smiled faded slightly, "He was slightly annoyed...."
"Ikuto?" Amu said over the phone, she had rung Utau's apartment number.
"Yes Amu?"
"I can't make tomorrow, something came up with Rima."
There was silence.
"Ikuto?" she squeaked.
"Okay then."
Amu's eyes widened, "O-Okay?" she said, startled at how easy it was.
"We can rearrange it." Ikuto said, "But of course I'll be expecting a favour considering I'm letting you off."
Amu sweatdropped, "Do I even want to know?"
"Is Amulet in the same room as you?"
Amu turned around to see Amulet sat watching TV, "Yeah..." she said unsurely.
"Then it's probably safe not to." Ikuto said, "Bye Amu."
Amu stood motionless with the phone still besides her ear, she'd regret this...
As the two women walked around the shops Amu bought some things, some clothes for herself and Amulet, some books etc.
"Where to next?" Amu said.
Rima grinned, "I plan on giving a congratulations present to Utau, it won't be the main one but just a bonus gift."
"And... you want my advice?" Amu asked.
Rima paused, "In a way..."
Rima guided Amu away from the mall and down a street, when they came to a shop on the corner Rima motioned for her to stop.
"We're here."
Amu gazed towards the shop windows; she stared at them for a full minute before saying, "Rima, what is this?"
Rima smirked at her reaction, "Why of course this is the shop 'Erotic.' Well known for selling its sex toys and other erotic trinkets."
Currently in the windows of this shop was a revealing maid outfit being worn by a mannequin who also held a whip in her hand. Around her in the window were other sexual objects.
Amu turned towards her and glared, "Why the hell did you bring me here? And what's more, when have you been here before!"
Rima rolled her eyes, "We're adults Amu, it's no big deal. Anyway you've had Ikuto, are you telling me there were no sex toys included?"
"Of course not!" Amu snapped blushing as she recalled her night with Ikuto years ago.
Rima studied her, "Whilst we're here getting Utau a present we should get you something aswell."
"What?" Amu asked in disbelief.
Rima pulled her closer and whispered, "You love Ikuto don't you?"
"Of course." Amu mumbled.
"Well you've said so yourself that's its very likely you'll be staying now," Rima explained, "So what better time to start trying to win Ikuto over."
Amu frowned, "B-but..."
"But nothing." Rima said, "Don't wait for him to make the first move, after all if I hadn't asked Nagehiko out who knows how long it would have taken him to pluck up the courage."
"I guess you have a point." Amu said pulling away and sending a glance at the shop.
Rima nodded, "But of course, you said so yourself you're meeting Ikuto sometime so why not buy something for that time when you'll be alone?"
Amu blushed, "S-So soon?"
"Yes you've had sex before." Rima said.
Amu shot her a warning glare as she spoke so openly about it, "Rima can we talk about this inside and not in clear ear shot of passer bys."
Rima nodded, "Let's go in."
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10 Minutes Later...
"Oh. My. God." Amu said, her mouth agape as she stared at the thing in front of her.
Rima came towards her and smiled, "See any DVDs you like?"
Amu glanced at her, "You mean to say I should give this to Ikuto and propose we watch it together!"
"First time ladies?"
Both of them turned around to see a teenage boy there, he smiled, "Name's Ryou and from the looks on one of your faces I'm gathering it's your first visit to Erotic."
"For her it's a yes." Rima replied, "But I've been here before."
Amu was near shock, what on earth was a high school boy doing working here?
"Y-You work here?" she gasped.
Ryou nodded, "Yep, my parents own it. We hope to bring eroticness into people's lives." he paused, "Hmmm... I don't think eroticness is a word." he shrugged, "Oh well."
As Amu continued to stare he laughed, "Don't worry about it." he turned to Rima, "Anyway can I help you?"
Rima nodded, "I need a present for my friend, she's just got engaged."
Ryou grinned, "How kinky are we talking on a scale of 10?"
"Well the thing that gets the biggest reaction from Amu will be the best."
Amu snapped her head around, "That's why you brought me!"
Rima nodded and gestured to Ryou, "Lead the way."
Within five minutes Amu looked like a goldfish, her eyes were wide, her mouth hanging open and almost all the time her face was flushed red.
"...and this is our most popular item." Ryou said gesturing to an object on the shelf, "It comes complete with handcuffs, a whip, sexy lingerie and other things."
Amu pointed to something in the package, "What's that?"
Ryou glanced at it and smirked, "That's well..."
He gestured for her to come closer.
Leaning towards her ear he whispered.
Amu's eyes shot open and she jumped back, "You lick it from where!"
Rima let out a giggle, "You are clueless Amu."
"I said you suck it from the—"
"I heard!" Amu interrupted slapping her hand over Ryou, breathing heavily she said, "Do you speak that way with your girlfriend?"
Ryou pulled away and grinned, "Depends on the type, I know Missy likes it but Ayame's shyer... and as for Misuzu..."
Amu's mouth was open once again, how many girls was this guy dating?
"Don't worry." he reassured her, "They all know I have several girls on the go and they don't mind. Infact on one occasion I've had more than one with me—"
"How old are you?" Rima asked.
Ryou smiled, "Eighteen."
Rima sighed, "If only Nagehiko was like you."
"Rima!" Amu snapped.
Rima took the package and smiled, "I'll take this for Utau... now I need something for my friend here."
"Oh great." Amu muttered.
Rima smirked, "She's trying to win her on-off boyfriend round, instead of letting him do the first move she wants to."
"What kinda guy we talking?" Ryou said.
Amu looked around the room for escape and towards the entrance; she could go now if she wanted...
"Perverted, big ego," Rima said ticking off her fingers, "The kind who teases girls."
Amu bit her lip; even if she did go along with this would it win Ikuto?
She had said she wouldn't do anything with Ikuto till everything was sorted but there was one problem.
She wanted him.
It had been 3 years since they'd been together properly; she wanted to be with him again without anyone to disturb them.
Amu blushed realising what embarrassing things she was about to do, would Ikuto laugh at her? Would her effort be wasted?
"Plus neither of them have had sex in 3 years."
Amu turned towards Rima, her eyes blazing, "What's that got to do with it!"
"Hmmm... I have just the thing." Ryou said with a finger on his chin, "Let's go to the role-play section."
"Oh no." Amu whimpered.
Later on the three of them were in a separate room of the store, filled with costumes for both female and male on racks, most of them skimpy.
On the ceiling in one of the corners of the room was a television, Amu could hear very... loud... noises coming from it and when she had glanced at Amu had been given the shock of her life at the actions taking place with the two people on screen.
She couldn't believe right now that she was in a shop that promoted eroticness and sold things such as sex toys and skimpy outfits.
"Try this on!" Ryou said offering her a costume.
Amu's eyes widened, "A maid outfit!"
Rima nodded, "Cliché but I don't think Ikuto would mind."
Glancing at the faces Amu realised there was no other choice, grumbling she took the outfit and went into the one changing cubicle in the room.
The cubicle was only a small area with only enough for one person, as she was changing she heard a voice speak.
"Hey I'm looking for a female outfit?"
Amu froze.
Ikuto!
Amu who was currently dressed in the maid outfit that wasn't zipped at the back peeked through the curtain, true enough Ikuto stood there with hands in pockets as he looked at Ryou.
"I-Ikuto!" Rima gasped.
Ikuto stared at her shocked, "Huh, what are you doing here?"
Rima frowned, "Getting something for me and Nagehiko."
"Oh..." Ikuto said, seeming a bit surprised.
"And you?" Rima asked raising an eyebrow.
Ikuto cleared his throat, "Well Amu owes me a little favour."
Amu felt her blood run cold, was this what he was planning when he said she owed him? He was going to make her roll-play in sexy costumes?!
Suddenly Ikuto seemed to realise something, "Wait I thought you and Amu were doing something today, where is she?"
Ryou who has been silent just watching the conversation seemed to perk up, "Oh do you mean the girl who—"
"Of course not." Rima snapped breaking him off.
Ikuto stared at Ryou, "What girl?"
"The girl I showed him a photo of." Rima interrupted, "I'm getting something for Utau aswell, I showed her his photo."
Ikuto glanced at Ryou, "Does this girl have pink hair?"
As Ikuto stared at Ryou, Rima shook her head and pointed to her own hair from behind, Ryou shook his head, "N-no, she had blonde hair."
Ikuto turned back to Rima then shrugged, "Oh."
"Well I'll be going." Rima said, "Good bye Ryou-kun."
Amu's eyes widened, she was leaving her!
As Rima turned Amu swore she saw her smirk, when it was just Ikuto and Ryou, Ryou asked, "So what exactly are you looking for?"
"An outfit for my girlfriend."
Amu's heart skipped a beat when he said 'girlfriend.'
"What kind, skimpy?" Ryou asked.
"Of course." Ikuto said smirking.
As the two talked on Amu remained huddled in the changing room, however Ryou seemed to pick up on Amu's attempt to escape as he said, "If you come with me up the stairs I can show you our new outfits."
When the two disappeared upstairs Amu quickly rechanged, tip-toeing out she passed the racks of clothing and placed the outfit where she found it.
However suddenly something caught her attention, a note?
Walking to the costume she found a piece of paper, she then realised it to be a sheet from Rima's notebook she kept in her bag.
Was this a sign that Rima wanted her to buy it?
Bringing out the costume she blushed, well this would most likely work...
As she heard footsteps near the stairs to the second floor she quickly sped into the other room, paid for the outfit along with a few accessories in record time then ran out. Walking out she dashed into a nearby alley.
"Thanks, I'll just take these trinkets for now; none of those outfits would do her credit." Ikuto spoke at the door of the shop.
As he passed the alley Amu pressed herself against the alley wall.
Once he'd passed Amu let out a deep breathe.
"Have fun?"
Glancing at the other end of the alley Amu saw Rima, she gritted her teeth, "I am so going to kill you!"
X-x-X
And so Amu is in this situation...
X-x-X
Later that night when Amulet had gone to bed Amu sat on the sofa speaking to Ikuto over the phone.
"So we'll meet this Wednesday?" she asked, this gave her three full days before to prepare herself.
"Okay then Amu."
"Um..." Amu began, "I was thinking we could have a walk around first... maybe grab something to eat."
Amu felt herself growing excited at the thought, this time it would be a real date. After all Ikuto had called her his girlfriend in the shop hadn't he?
"I'm not sure." Ikuto said.
Amu bit her lip, "And... afterwards we could go to yours, I've got somebody caring for Amulet all day so we have enough time."
"Okay then." Ikuto replied suddenly fine with the idea, "I have quite a surprise for you Amu." he continued, a bit of mischief in his voice.
Amu swallowed, "So have I..." she murmurred.
"What was that?"
"Nothing." Amu cried.
She paused for a moment.
"Is there anything else?" Ikuto asked slightly concerned.
Amu straightened up, "Um, Ikuto..."
"Yeah?"
"Would you say... I mean, would you think that right now we're like... going out?"
There was silence from the other line and Amu screwed her eyes up, maybe she shouldn't have spoken...
"Of course." Ikuto said causing her eyes to snap open, "I don't know why you even have to ask something like that Amu."
"Oh." Amu said, feeling a bit dumb with just that she continued, "So I'm... your girlfriend?"
"Would you rather me call you something else?" Ikuto said, once more cheekily.
"No, no, that's fine." Amu said, "I-I'll be going now, b-bye."
Hanging up she breathed heavily.
Glancing at her notebook she bit the end of her pencil and noted the things she had done from her to do list, she had made it today after returning home.
"Done." she said.
To Do List:
Sat:
-Pick Amulet up DONE
-Call Ikuto, finalise "date." DONE
Sun:
Spend day with Amulet – Take out for day
Mon:
-Work
-Tadase and Yaya to come around
Tues:
-Work
-Beg for day off next day from boss
Wed:
-Go on "date" with Ikuto then go to his place
-Do the most embarrassing thing ever done in front of perverted cat-boy Ikuto Tsukiyomi
-Tell him about plans on staying in Japan/leaving to America
She smiled; with so many things to do she had to write them all out so she didn't forget anything.
Sighing she laid back on the sofa and turned her head, on the coffee table sat one of the accessories she had bought along with the outfit.
She placed a pillow over her face and kicked her legs, "What am I gonna do!" she cried, her voice muffled.
X-x-X
Meanwhile...
Ikuto walked out of his bedroom only to find Utau with Kukai on the sofa, quickly turning around and walking into the kitchen he picked an apple and lobbed it forward.
The last thing he needed was seeing his little sister make-out, he didn't need any scarring images on his mind.
As the apple collided with Kukai's head he pulled around with an 'ouch' and turned around, his eyes widened upon seeing him and he quickly pulled away, "I-I-Ikuto!"
"Yo." Ikuto said with a blank look.
Kukai glanced from him to Utau.
Utau sighed and crossed her arms, "You don't have to stay and be awkward Kukai, you can go. I'll speak to you over the phone tomorrow."
Kukai nodded with a thankful expression, kissing her he then left after saying bye to both of them.
Utau glanced at him and frowned, "I thought you were telling Amu today."
Ikuto met her gaze, "Something came up, she had to change plans."
"Ikuto you—"
"Don't worry." Ikuto replied in an annoyed tone as he glared, "I'm meeting her Wednesday alright?"
Utau looked away, "Fine."
Ikuto continued glaring for a moment more before turning around and going into the kitchen once more.
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Lol, I loved writing this chapter. One of my favourites! Speaking of Amu's 'To Do' list I remember when me and my friends had a laugh making our own 'To Do List.'
Ikuto would definitely be on it.
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Incase you still haven't got the joke, our to do lists were a list of guys we'd like 'to do.' XD
Ikuto: Lame.
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Anyway.... I wonder what outfit Amu is wearing for Ikuto?
There's a poll on my profile of what costume you want Amu to wear, if you can please choose one, I'll close the poll some time next week.
If I feel like it I may also draw a picture of Amu in her outfit, if I do I'll post the link.
Adios!
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Also, no preview for the next chapter people, mainly because the costume needs to be decided for Amu. (Grins)
But also because you reviewers are maniacs! It's good i'd written most of this or i wouldn't have posted this in time, i can say though that from now on i'll be sticking to the weekly update. Take this one-day update as a thank-you for complying with my request of 30 reviews. If i get another 30, i only need 2 then to get to 200!
How about this people... if the story reaches 200 reviews before i post the next chapter i'll make it VERY perverted. Don't worry, it'll still stay T rated... probably.... maybe... bye.